How did the cia-assisted overthrow of jacob arbenz solidify guevara’s political stance?

"It was Guatemala, " wrote Guevara's first wife Hilda Gadea, "which finally convinced him of the necessity of armed struggle and for taking the initiative against imperialism. By the time he left, he was sure of this."

- Stephen Schlesinger and Stephen Kinzer: Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala. (Anchor Books 1983) p. 184

tenochtitlan (also spelled tenochtitlán), located on an island near the western shore of lake texcoco in central mexico, was the capital city and religious centre of the aztec civilization. the traditional founding date of the city was 1345 ce and it remained the most important aztec centre until its destruction at the hands of the conquering spanish led by hernán cortés in 1521 ce, which led to the final collapse of the aztec empire.