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	Politics of Guatemala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of Guatemala takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Guatemala is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		Guatemala has 22 administrative subdivisions (departments) administered by governors appointed by the president.
		Guatemala City and 332 other municipalities are governed by popularly elected mayors or councils.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Guatemala (778 words)

	Congress of Guatemala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		(Redirected from Congress of the Republic of Guatemala)
		The Congress of the Republic (Spanish: Congreso de la República) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Guatemala.
		Each of the country's 22 departments serves as a district, with the exception of the department of Guatemala, containing the capital, which, on account of its size, is divided into two (distrito central and distrito Guatemala).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Congress_of_the_Republic_of_Guatemala (180 words)

	ooBdoo
		Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala (Spanish: República de Guatemala, IPA: [re'puβlika ðe ɰwate'mala]), is a country in Central America, in the south part of North America, bordering Mexico to the northwest, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast.
		Guatemala has long claimed all or part of the territory of neighboring Belize, formerly part of the Spanish colony, and later occupied by Great Britain.
		Guatemala is mountainous, except for the south coastal area and the north vast lowlands of Peten department.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Guatemala (2077 words)

	A short history of Guatemala
		The Maya civilization flourishes throughout much of Guatemala and the surrounding region long before the Spanish arrive, but it was already in decline when the Mayans are defeated by Pedro de Alvarado in 1523-24.
		Guatemala is ruled by a small landowning oligarchy, ruled until his death in 1865 by Carrera.
		Guatemala is called the "banana republic." The rule of the PL continues with José María Orellana Pinto (1921-1926) and Lázaro Chacón González (1926-1931).
	www.electionworld.org /history/guatemala.htm (928 words)

	ALCA - FTAA - ZLEA - Commercial Arbitration and Other Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods-Guatemala Questionnaire
		Guatemala is a party to the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of other States (ICSID), which was signed by Guatemala on 9 November 1995.
		Guatemala is a party to the aforementioned Convention, which was approved by the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala by Decree No. 35 - 86 of July 1986.
		The Arbitration Law embodied in Decree No. 67 - 95 of the Congress of the Republic establishes, for the purposes of international arbitration, that the parties may freely agree on the language or languages in which international proceedings are to be conducted.
	www.ftaa-alca.org /busfac/comarb/Guatemala/quesguarev_e.asp (2366 words)

	Top20Guatemala.com - Your Top20 Guide to Guatemala!
		The Republic of Guatemala is a country in Central America, in the south of the continent of North America, bordering both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
		Guatemala has long claimed all or part of the territory of neighboring Belize, which used to be part of the Guatemalan Republic since Colonial times.
		Guatemala's unicameral parliament, the Congreso de la RepÃºblica (Congress of the Republic) with 158 seats, is elected every four years, concurrently with the presidential elections.
	www.top20guatemala.com (1771 words)

	GlobaLex - Guide to Legal Research in Guatemala
		Guatemala’s Constitutional Court is relatively new, established in 1985 as a result of a democratization process and the implementation of a new constitution, which was approved by a freely elected constitutional assembly representing the existing political and legal spectrum.
		Guatemala is a democratic republic formed by the state organs set forth in the PCR. For administrative purposes it is divided into twenty-two departments which are each divided into municipalities. The departmental government is entrusted to a governor appointed by the President of the Republic and his duties are administrative only.
		The Congress of the Republic is empowered to enact laws. Congressmen are elected directly by the people through universal suffrage for a term of four years and through electoral districts. Each Department constitutes an electoral district with a right to elect a congressman or more than one, subject to the number of inhabitants per district.
	www.nyulawglobal.org /globalex/Guatemala.htm (3951 words)

	Spread Freedom Institute Country Profiles: Republic of Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Guatemala gained independence from Spain on September 15, 1821; it briefly became part of the Mexican Empire, and then for a period belonged to a federation called the United Provinces of Central America.
		Guatemala held presidential, legislative, and municipal elections on November 7, 1999, and a runoff presidential election on December 26.
		Guatemala's social development indicators, such as infant mortality and illiteracy, are among the worst in the hemisphere.
	www.spreadfreedom.org /Atlas/Countryprofiles/Guatemala.htm (5513 words)

	Agreement on Constitutional Reforms and the Electoral Regime: Guatemala: Peace Agreements: Library and Links: U.S. ...
		Sponsor in the Congress of the Republic an amendment to the Constitution incorporating in its article 143 a list of all languages existing in the Republic, which the Government is required to recognize, respect and promote.
		Sponsor in the Congress of the Republic an amendment to article 140 of the Constitution to define and characterize the Guatemalan nation as being one of national unity and multi-ethnic, multicultural and multilingual in nature.
		With regard to the Congress of the Republic, present conditions have prompted various social sectors to raise the issue of the number of deputies, with a view to preventing their numbers from exceeding a predetermined reasonable level while preserving their representativeness as a characteristic expression of democracy.
	www.usip.org /library/pa/guatemala/guat_961207.html (2946 words)

	Amnesty International Report 2002 - Americas - GUATEMALA
		The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers visited Guatemala in May 2001 to investigate threats and attacks, including the killings of seven lawyers between October 2000 and February 2001 and the lynching of a judge (see below).
		In February, soldiers and former members of civil patrols - adjuncts to the military during Guatemala's civil conflict - reportedly threatened AJR communities to dissuade surviving witnesses from testifying in a suit against former officials in General Ríos Montt's administration, subsequently filed in June.
		Myrna Mack was reportedly murdered because her study on the displacement of Guatemala's indigenous peoples by the army's counter-insurgency policies was highly damaging to the government.
	web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/amr/guatemala!Open (1634 words)

	Threats to Democratic Stability in the Dominican Republic and Guatemala
		The Government of Guatemala needs to work on bilateral and multilateral issues such as a counternarcotics maritime agreement, a modern extradition treaty, and complete compliance with all of the provisions of the UN Drug Convention.
		The worsening economy has made Guatemala a bigger source country than ever, and it continues to be a major transit country for illegal aliens of all nationalities.
		It is expected that Guatemala will remain on the NCCT list until the government finalizes its legislative changes to the banking sector and effectively deals with the issue of bearer share corporations.
	www.state.gov /p/wha/rls/rm/14327.htm (3788 words)

	Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala - Country Profile - República de Guatemala
		The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821.
		The Congress of the Republic of Guatemala (in Spanish).
		Embassy of Guatemala in the U.S. Washington, D.C. Guatemalan Diplomatic Missions Abroad
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/guatemala.htm (695 words)

	United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - State Party Report - Guatemala
		Furthermore, the Government of the Republic of Guatemala on 31 July 1995 submitted an addendum to its initial report which was reproduced by the Committee in document CAT/C/12/Add.6 of 10 August 1995.
		The President of the Republic, in his capacity as Commander in Chief of the Army, responded by officially announcing that Guatemala's army, was also being ordered through its military commanders, to suspend counter-insurgency operations.
		The Congress of the Republic, by Decree No. 63-96, amended the Weapons and Munitions Act so as to prohibit the bearing of arms by persons under 25 years of age with the exception of those who are active members of the army and the civil security forces (see annex 5).
	www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CAT.C.29.Add.3.En?OpenDocument (3877 words)

	Guatemala
		Resolution issued by the Congress of the Republic 4-99 of 23 March 1999 points out that the institution supports and stresses that the judiciary and the Supreme Court of Justice must punish any public official of any rank that infringes upon the law.
		Decree of the Congress 8-97 of 29 January 1997 approves the Law of Integrity and Responsibilities of Public Officers and Employees.
		Repeals Decree 89-96 of the Congress of the Republic.
	www.oas.org /juridico/english/guatemala_corruption.htm (236 words)

	MIAL: Abstracts from Selected Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR) in the Peten District was established in 1990 by the congress of the Republic of Guatemala.
		Time-series monitoring of the MDR in northern Guatemala detected high rates of forest clearing, especially in the buffer zone (over 3% per year in the early 1990’s).
		Temporal and spatial analysis of the MBR imagery led to inferences about the socioeconomic driving forces that were operating in specific corridors and management zones of the Reserve.
	www.ume.maine.edu /~MIAL/products/abstracts/JOF95-12.html (277 words)

	PHR2004 - Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala has established rules that cover individual human rights, but does not expressly defines "privacy" as a human right.
		Guatemala must take the steps forward in order to provide its own citizens with the legal framework that protects privacy, the use of sensitive information and also has improved the judicial system in order to make this legal principals and laws, practical in the every day life for all the citizens.
		Guatemala signed the American Convention on Human Rights (the Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica) and the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
	www.privacyinternational.org /article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-83517 (711 words)

	Guatemala - Guatemalan Business Etiquette, Manners, Cross Cultural Communication, and Geert Hofstede Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		With a population of 10 Million, Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America (excluding Mexico, which is considered part of North America).
		The Republic of Guatemala has a unicameral legislative house, called the Congress of the Republic.
		Guatemala also has a high power distance ranking which indicates that inequalities of power and wealth have been allowed to grow within society.
	www.cyborlink.com /besite/guatemala.htm (715 words)

	Guatemala - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON DOING BUSINESS IN GUATEMALA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It has recently issued a new Foreign Investment Law (Decree 9-98 of the Congress of the Republic) whose main objective is to create a favorable environment and equal conditions for foreign investors.
		Guatemala has specific laws for the protection of intellectual property rights; it is part, to the Inter American Convention (Washington 1929), Paris Convention and to the Central American Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, among others.
		Guatemala has various environmental protection laws, among which the most important one is the Law for the Protection and Improvement of the Environment (Decree 68-86 of the Congress of the Republic).
	www.bomchilgroup.org /guafaq.html (994 words)

	U.S. - Guatemala Agreement, 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Government of the Republic of Guatemala will seek to develop professional training programs for archaeologists, ethnologists, and museum staff and public institution administrators responsible for cultural patrimony, and to promote the establishment of local museums.
		The Government of the Republic of Guatemala will use its best efforts to develop a prioritized management plan for the effective protection of its cultural resources; and to continue to carry out its plans for the strengthening of the Registry of Archaeological, Historical, and Artistic Properties.
		The Government of the Republic of Guatemala, in advance of the expiration of the five year period of this Memorandum of Understanding, will undertake an assessment with regard to improvements in broad areas such as law enforcement, cultural resource management, education, conservation, research, and the national museum system.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /usia/E-USIA/education/culprop/gt97agr.html (666 words)

	Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Austria are examples) of having two official flags for use at land: the one known as civil flag is the blue-white-blue with no further ornaments, to be used primarily by the citizens, and the one known as state flag, which adds the coat of arms to the civil flag.
		An anectode we were told in primary school regarding the position of the colors in the Guatemalan and Central American flags said that the blue stripes with the white in between simbolized the land between the two seas.
		The flag of Guatemala is the supreme emblem of the Nation.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gt.html (1898 words)

	Ethica: A Voice for Ethical Child Placement
		The state of Guatemala, in accordance with the article 54 of the Political Constitution of the Republic, recognizes and protects the social institution of adoption.
		That the Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala recognizes adoption as a social institution through which the adopted child acquires the condition of child of the adopting partying.
		That the technological advances in genetic sciences through the analysis of the DNA permits the indubitable identification of relationship between the natural parents and their minor children which makes it necessary to incorporate it as an undisputable proof in the adoption process in order to give legal security of the consanguine relationship between both.
	www.ethicanet.org /item.php?recordid=GuatLaw2&pagestyle=default (2412 words)

	Untitled Document
		Guatemala, along with Honduras and El Salvador, recently concluded a free trade agreement with Mexico and has moved to protect international property rights.
		Throughout Guatemala, the marimba remains the typical Guatemalan musical medium, although it is often challenged now by Mexican ranchera music and North American rock.
		Guatemala City is home to many of the nation’s libraries and museums, including the National Archives, the National Library, and the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, which has an excellent collection of Maya artifacts.
	core.ecu.edu /engl/deenas/international/guatemala/guatemala.htm (940 words)

	Soto & Soto Attorneys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In the 1990s he was elected Representative and served two terms in the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala.
		Soto serves on the Board of Directors for the International Institute for the Investigation of Peace (IRIPAZ), as a Trustee of the Guatemalan Educational Foundation, and as a Trustee of the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.
		Soto was conferred the Order of the Shining Star by the Republic of China in honor of his diplomatic efforts to advance Guatemalan-Chinese relations.
	www.guate.net /sotolawfirm/attorneys.htm (597 words)

	GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: Guatemala
		Guatemala: Constitutions / Constituciones (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) includes the 1985 constitution with 1993 reforms; in Spanish
		GLIN: Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress) offers 4,323 searchable English-language abstracts of laws, judicial decisions, and legal literature from March 1908 to the present, with full-text access.
		Country Profile of Guatemala (U.S. Dept. of Labor) from By The Sweat and Toil of Children: A Report to Congress, Volume I (July 15, 1994)
	www.loc.gov /law/guide/guatemala.html (250 words)

	Congress of the Republic of Guatemala: Decree Number 106-97 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Congress of the Republic of Guatemala: Decree Number 106-97
		WHEREAS in October 1996 Guatemala joined the Ottawa Process, discussing the protocol on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of antipersonnel mines and their destruction;
		WHEREAS the Congress of the Republic issued Decree No. 60-95, creating the program to reduce the risks for inhabitants of areas affected by the armed confrontation, by clearing and deactivating mines.
	www.mines.gc.ca /VII/VII_D_v-en.asp (148 words)

	DECREE No. 48-92
		The Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala guarantees the life, integrity and development of the human person, considers the health of the citizens to be a public asset, and declares action to combat drug addiction to be of social benefit;
		Without in any way impairing the rights conferred on accused persons by the Political Constitution of the Republic and other laws, the investigatory stage of the trial shall be confidential, owing to the nature of the crimes to be investigated under this Law.
		The executive secretary of the Commission shall hold the same qualifications an are required for the post of private secretary of the Office of the President of the Republic and shall enjoy the same privileges and immunities.
	www.oas.org /JURIDICO/mla/en/gtm/en_gtm_48_92.html (5574 words)

	Guatemala Adoption Information and News: NEWS Archives
		Guatemala is the only country in Latin America in which a judicial process is not required.
		This position (that they are viewing Guatemala as a Convention country) has been publically stated on the US State Department site as well as a meeting held last week in which they confirmed that they viewed Guatemala as a non-compliant Hague bound country and therefore, could not do adoptions with Guatemala until they were compliant.
		Sources in Guatemala tell me that attorneys and their representatives have been camping outside the Embassy waiting to request DNA authorization only to be turned away again and again.
	www.guatadopt.com /archives/cat_news.html (17192 words)

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