Multiple Choice
Which of the following does not describe the government of Jacobo Arbenz?
A) Import substitution industrialization was a strategy to promote economic independence.
B) A 1952 agrarian reform law expropriated estates larger than 223 hectares.
C) The influence of peasant and trade union confederations grew, pushing Arbenz to the left.
D) Arbenz united the landed oligarchy with a weak middle class to preserve his power.
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