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	Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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.
		From the 4th to the 11th century, the lowlands area of the Peten region of Guatemala was the heart of the flourishing Maya civilization.
		Guatemala became independent of Spain in 1821, first briefly as part of Mexico, later as a part of the United Provinces of Central America.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/g/gu/guatemala.html (815 words)

	Guatemala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Guatemala became independent of Spain in 1821, first as a part of the United Provinces of Central America.
		Guatemala's unicameral parliament, the Congreso de la República (Congress of the Republic) with 158 seats, is elected every four years, concurrently with the presidential elections.
		All of the major cities are situated in the southern half of the country; the major cities are the capital Guatemala City, Quetzaltenango and Escuintla.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Guatemala (864 words)

	Guatemala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From the 3rd century BCE to the 11th century CE, the lowlands area of the Petén and Izabal regions of Guatemala were the heart of the flourishing Maya civilization.
		However, due to staunch political support from socialist governments of Spain, France, and Sweden, the URNG was able to continue with its terrorist activities which cost billions of dollars in infrastructure damage to the country and countless loss of lives.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guatemala (1685 words)

	Encyclopedia: Politics of Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Guatemala City Guatemala City (in full, La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción; locally known as Guatemala or, informally, Guate) is the capital and largest city of Guatemala.
		Jalapa is a department of Guatemala, in the south east of the republic.
		Categories: Politics of Guatemala The Central American Parliament, also know by the abbreviation Parlacen (from the Spanish Parlamento Centroamericano) is a political institution devoted to the integration of the Central American countries.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Politics-of-Guatemala (1940 words)

	Guatemala, country, Central America. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In the center of the range is Lake Atitlán, and south of the highlands is the Pacific coastal lowland.
		Guatemala’s current constitution was adopted in 1985 and revised in 1994.
		Guatemala was first a part of the Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide and then became a nucleus of the Central American Federation.
	www.bartleby.com /65/gu/Guatemal.html (1454 words)

	Politics of Guatemala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Guatemala's 1985 constitution provides for a separation of powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
		Guatemala City and 330 other municipalities are governed by popularly elected mayors or councils.
		The 1999 presidential and legislative elections were considered by international observers to have been free and fair.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Guatemala (782 words)

	Party Politics in Guatemala, 1963-2000
		Perpetual instability, near-chronic military intervention in the political arena, and the remarkable volatility of the party system have all contributed to blunt declarations that Guatemala is "a country whose political system has failed miserably to keep pace with the dynamics of modern social and economic change" (Alexander, 1982: 419).
		After four years of poorly implemented reforms and increasing political violence, the electoral results of the 1970 election mirrored popular discontent by bringing to power Carlos Araña Osorio at the head of a coalition of rightist, anticommunist parties.
		Guatemala's party system has experienced significant turbulence over the last 20 years, continuing the trend that began during the original 1950-1962 period and in the 1963-1978 overview.
	www.janda.org /ICPP/ICPP2000/Countries/4-CentralAmerica/44-Guatemala/Guatemala63-00.html (2654 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Guatemala 'political' priest dead
		Gunmen in Guatemala have shot dead a Roman Catholic priest who was twice a candidate for mayor of the capital.
		Guatemala has yet to recover from the murder in 1998 of renowned human rights campaigner, Bishop Juan Gerardi.
		That trial had been seen as a test of Guatemala's justice system by human rights activists, who believed the murder was carried out on the highest orders.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3322631.stm (395 words)

	Jennifer Harbury & Human Rights in Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		BBC - 12/15/03 - Gunmen in Guatemala have shot dead a Roman Catholic priest who was twice a candidate for mayor of the capital.
		The December 28th presidential elections in Guatemala are pivotal for Guatemala as it enters its second term since the historic Peace Accords were signed in 1996 that ended 36 years of internal armed conflict.
		The Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA, in cooperation with other organizations concerned for Guatemala, has the pleasure of announcing the December 26-31 mission to observe this decisive presidential round in Guatemala.
	www.eecs.umich.edu /~pavr/harbury/print.php?sid=47 (846 words)

	Born Again in Guatemala: The Politics of Protestantization
		Politics aside, religion is after all a matter of faith.
		The Protestant message of personal salvation and the alleviation of injustice, poverty and misery in the afterlife greatly appeals to a country in which 5% of the population controls 80% of the land, life expectancy stands at 61 years and 95% of all rural women can't read or write.
		Guatemala has had three evangelical presidents including Efrain Ríos Montt who took over the office in a 1982 military coup and proceeded to "exterminate" entire rural villages under the guise of God and anti-Communism.
	www.commondreams.org /views02/0815-05.htm (1384 words)

	United Fruit Company
		For many years, the coffee growers of Guatemala paid very high tariffs and the price of Guatemalan coffee on the world market was high because of this.
		UFCO had the unconditional support of right-wing dictators who maintained their power by terrorizing the people and arresting prominent citizens who were either killed on the spot or tortured in prison to extract confessions.
		However, with a right-wing dictatorship back in power, Guatemala was thrown back into the dark ages and the stage was set for the next 30 years of repression and killing.
	www.mayaparadise.com /ufc1e.htm (1751 words)

	Guatemala 'political' priest dead
		Gunmen in Guatemala have shot dead a priest who was twice a candidate for mayor of the capital.
		Fr Ruiz, regarded as a staunch defender of the poor, had often been criticised by his superiors in the Church for his involvement in politics.
		Fr Ruiz ran for mayor of Guatemala City in 1978 and 1982 - prompting Church officials to remove him from the order in 1995 - but admitting him back in 1999.
	www.cathnews.com /news/312/101.php (709 words)

	Guatemala & the Maya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Guatemala is not the easiest or most luxurious place to travel.
		There are a few general sites which talk about tourism and current affairs in the country including one simply called Guatemala (photos and lots of information), and, of course, the Guatemala page on the Virtual Tourist 2 site.
		The dramatic contrasts between the high volcanos and lowland rainforest of Guatemala are reflected in the contrasts between the exceptional kindness of the Mayans and other Guatemalans we met and the incredible violence that afflicts the country.
	www.sfcelticmusic.com /js/guatemal.htm (460 words)

	Human Rights in Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The formation of such a commission is a political threat to the military, and to the elite political and economic sectors of the Guatemalan society whose interests have long been defended by the military.
		If this Commission is formed in Guatemala, it will play a very important role in investigating a number of the violations and massacres of indigenous peoples carried out by the army in the late 1980s.
		Andres Kaufman, working with the Guatemala Team of Forensic Anthropology (EAFG) that has been in charge of most of the exhumations thus far, pointed out that it was highly probable that the murderers used extreme violence and force against the victims because many of the skulls and bones had multiple fractures.
	www.sumeria.net /politics/guatemala.html (1609 words)

	> Guatemala abcworld.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		From the 3rd century BCE to the 11th century CE, the lowlands area of the PetÃ©n region of Guatemala was the heart of the flourishing Maya civilization.
		Guatemala has long claimed all or part of the territory of neighboring Belize.
		Guatemala city is expanding at an amazing rate, and Quetzaltenango is growing rapidly as well.
	www.abcworld.net /Guatemala.html (1242 words)

	A Finger in the Wound: Body Politics in Quincentennial Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In A Finger in the Wound: Body Politics in Quincentennial Guatemala, anthropologist Diane M. Nelson provides an analysis and ethnography of the Guatemalan State that is not only rich in its theoretical scope and in its empirical breadth, but that also brings to life the challenges of political struggle and everyday politics in Guatemala.
		The concept of fluidarity challenges readers to place themselves in relation with Guatemala's political and social context by acknowledging that all identity is mutually constitutive and by making connections with the wider global and transnational context within which Guatemala is located.
		This book is an invaluable tool not just for people who are interested in Guatemala, but also for anyone interested in the subjects of identity politics, nation-state formation, the relations between ethnicity and gender, for political activists who are concerned with the difficult contradictions and challenges of social struggle, and for any student of anthropology.
	www.duchs.com /isbn/0520212851 (733 words)

	guatemala quiche, guatemala quiche destination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Candelaria and her six children live in a small community in El Quiche, an area in the central highlands of Guatemala that is considered to be the poorest region in the country.
		Rebels of Highland Guatemala: The Quiche-Mayas of Momostenango.
		In 1523, the Spaniard Pedro de Alvarado, sent by Hern·n CortÈs, launched the conquest of Guatemala and with the cruel destruction and subjugation of the Quiche, Kakchikel and Tzutujil lords, the...
	yummyappetizers.com /guatemalaquiche (1501 words)

	NotiSur - Latin American Political Affairs; September 29, 1995
		Juan Jose Rodil successfully registered as a candidate with the RC even though at the time he was wanted by the police on charges of corruption and theft stemming from his term as president of the Supreme Court of Justice between 1992 and 1994.
		Rodil calls the charges "political persecution." "In the past they accused me of being a communist, but because that has gone out of fashion, they accuse me of theft and corruption," said Rodil.
		Some political analysts say that the abstention rate could equal or exceed the 55% recorded in the 1990 presidential elections.
	ssdc.ucsd.edu /news/notisur/h95/notisur.19950929.html (2764 words)

	Politics of Guatemala -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Guatemala has 22 administrative subdivisions ((A specialized division of a large organization) departments) administered by governors appointed by the president.
		(The capital and largest city of Guatemala) Guatemala City and 330 other municipalities are governed by popularly elected mayors or councils.
		Following an investigation, the Supreme Court stripped those involved, including President of Congress and FRG chief (Click link for more info and facts about Ríos Montt) Ríos Montt, of their legislative immunity to face charges in the case.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/politics_of_guatemala.htm (971 words)

	The Coffees of Guatemala
		Politics in Guatemala has often interfered with the quality of Guatemalan coffee, and more importantly the shared success of the coffee farmer great and small.
		Guatemala imposes a minimum wage for coffee-pickers, and it is paid on established farms and co-ops, but with the low-grown no-name coffees, who knows?
		The valley around the town of Antigua, the original capital city of Guatemala and less than an hour from the new capital Guatemala City, was ideal for coffee.
	www.sweetmarias.com /coffee.central.guatemala.html (1714 words)

	Elections in Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Guatemala (Spanish: Guatemala) is a country in Central America.
		The official language is Spanish, the main other languages are Kekchi, Cakchique, Guiche and Nam Guatemala has a population of around 14 million on 108,430 km².
		Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 4 and on civil rights with a 4, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free).
	www.electionworld.org /guatemala.htm (286 words)

	Special - Guatemala Truth Commission Report Released (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is now essential that the Guatemalan government, all the institutions cited in the report and the international community study the recommendations of the Commission and begin to implement them as a matter of utmost priority.
		The human rights organization also welcomed the Commission's acknowledgement that impunity and the denial of justice were a factor in the conflict and the suffering it engendered.
		The report is also expected to document U.S. involvement in Guatemala's internal politics, including training and funding some of the worst human rights violators.
	www.fhrg.org /truth5.htm (1270 words)

	A Finger in the Wound: Body Politics in Quincentennial Guatemala:0520212851:Nelson, Diane M.:eCampus.com
		Many Guatemalans speak of Mayan indigenous organizing as "a finger in the wound." Diane Nelson explores the implications of this painfully graphic metaphor in her far-reaching study of the civil war and its aftermath.
		If this is the condition of the body politic, how do human bodies relate to it -- those literally wounded in thirty-five years of war and those locked in the equivocal embrace of sexual conquest, domestic labor, mestizaje, and social change movements?
		Her work draws from political economy, cultural studies, and psycho-analysis, and has special relevance to ongoing discussions of power, hegemony, and the production of subject positions, as well as gender issues and histories of violence as they relate to postcolonial nation-state formation.
	www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0520212851 (275 words)

	INCORE: Conflict Data Service: Regional Internet Guides: Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		MINUGUA was established in November 1994 as part of the peace process in Guatemala.
		Citizenship and Indifference: Indigenous Politics in Guatemala and the Central Andes
		This is a useful source for background information on government and politics in Guatemala.
	www.incore.ulst.ac.uk /cds/countries/guatemala.html (1124 words)

	Politics of Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Government Guatemala's 1985 constitution provides for a separation of powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
		Passage of such legislation isn't possible, therefore, with FRG votes alone.
		All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
	www.termsdefined.net /po/politics-of-guatemala.html (1100 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: In Focus Guatemala: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Uniform in design, the books are divided into chapters describing the history, politics, culture, economy, and society of each country.
		It is great for the first-time traveler to Guatemala who wants to understand the modern country in the context of its history and culture.
		It explains the current status of Guatemala and its uneasy balance between the remaining Mayan culture and the ladinos.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1566562422?v=glance (832 words)

	RESOURCES PAGE
		The Association of Artists for Guatemala's most recent publication, Guatemala: The Right to Dream, announced in the last newsletter, is now being carried in the United States by EPICA for $10.00 plus $3.00 s/h, several dollars less than the price for getting it from England.
		Susan Masuoka sends word that the exhibit, "In the Eye of the Jaguar: Human Rights and Politics in Guatemala," will be on view from Thursday, April 18 through Sunday, May 19 at the Tufts University Gallery in the Aldekman Arts Center on the Medford, MA campus.
		There is an opening reception on April 18th from 5-8 pm and a symposium on "Human Rights and Politics in Guatemala: 1954 to the Present" on May 1 from 3-6 pm.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /AnS/Anthro/GSN/gsnrsrcs.htm (2050 words)

	Bibliography of Guatemala
		September 27, 2002 Elizabeth Terry asked me for some information on Guatemala and I am in the process of putting a book list together.
		It is actually a bibliography recommended by Charles Reilly, the Director of Peace Corps Guatemala.
		In Harvest of Violence: The Maya Indians and the Guatemalan Crisis, ed.
	www.pxe.org /gabe/letters/092702.html (330 words)

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