the former child refugees, dame stephanie shirley. ld refugee, dame stephanie shirley. next, we hear the story of the first latin american coup organised by the us government. presidentjacobo arbenz of guatemala had proposed land reforms that were seen as a threat to america's united fruit company. he was labelled a communist and the company wanted him removed. his son, also called jacobo, remembers when his father's government was overthrown in 195a. translation: i was only seven years old when my father was overthrown in the coup organised by the cia. i remember having to hide under the bed during the bombing. my parents did their best not to worry us. but we soon realised how serious things were around the dangers that we face. but we soon realised how serious things were and the dangers that we faced. guatemala was a very backward country, based on a colonial, almost feudal system. one of the first things that my father coloneljacobo arbenz did as president was to bring in reforms to modernise farming. america's united fruit compan