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| | Encyclopedia: History of Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Guatemala's Rafael Carrera was instrumental in leading the revolt against the federal government and breaking apart the Union. |
 | | Awareness in the United States of the conflict in Guatemala, and its ethnic dimension, increased with the 1983 publication of the autobiographical account I, Rigoberta Menchú, An Indian Woman in Guatemala; Rigoberta Menchú was later awarded the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in favor of broader social justice. |
 | | Guatemala held presidential, legislative, and municipal elections on November 7, 1999, and a runoff presidential election on December 26. |
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