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	GUATEMALA
		President, for having assumed the presidency of the General Assembly at the current session.
		The first is the internal evolution in Guatemala, particularly as regards the fulfillment of the peace agreements, in the negotiation and subsequent implementation of which the United Nations have played such a significant part.
		At the same time, and inasmuch as Guatemala is a party to the principal environmental treaties, we reiterate our commitment to the maintenance of the ecological equilibrium of the planet.
	www.un.org /webcast/ga/57/statements/020912GuatemalaE.htm (2067 words)

	Guatemala - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		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.
		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 República (Congress of the Republic) with 158 seats, is elected every four years, concurrently with the presidential elections.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/g/u/a/Guatemala.html (1665 words)

	US foreign policy in Guatemala
		Guatemala is a country without social or economic justice, especially for the 6 million indigenous Mayan Indians who make up the majority of the population.
		Guatemala's military was tied to the US military through training, aid, and a commitment to protect US economic interests, and the Army became a major force.
		President Eisenhower was willing to make the poor, illiterate Guatemalan peasants pay in hunger and torture for supporting land reform, and for trying to attain a better future for themselves and their families.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /US_ThirdWorld/US_Guat.html (3804 words)

	Rose Education Foundation :: About Guatemala
		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 still have not addressed the inequity of an agriculturally based economy where 1% of the population controls over 60% of the land and wealth.
		Guatemala's unicameral parliament, the Congreso de la República (Congress of the Republic) with 113 seats, is elected every four years, concurrently with the presidential elections.
	roseeducation.org /guatemala.html (800 words)

	History of Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		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.
		President Portillo pledged to maintain strong ties to the United States, further enhance Guatemala's growing cooperation with Mexico, and participate actively in the integration process in Central America and the Western Hemisphere.
	www.historyofnations.net /northamerica/guatemala.html (2470 words)

	Atlas - Guatemala Map
		Guatemala timeically asserts claims to territory in southern Belize; to deter cross-border squatting, both states in 2000 agreed to a "line of adjacency" based on the de facto boundary, which is not recognized by Guatemala
		The terms of office for president, vice president, and congressional representatives were reduced from 5 years to 4 years; for Supreme Court justices from 6 years to 5 years, and increased the terms of mayors and city councils from 21/2 to 4 years.
		Guatemala, republic of Central America, bounded on the west and north by Mexico, on the east by Belize and the Gulf of Honduras (an arm of the Caribbean Sea), on the south-east by Honduras and El Salvador, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean.
	www.map.freegk.com /guatemala/guatemala.php (1762 words)

	Guatemala - dKosopedia
		The Republic of Guatemala is a country in Central America bordering both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
		Pulmomary plague epidemics erupted in 1545, 1548, 1576 and 1581.
		Guatemala is roughly the size of the American state of Ohio or the island of Newfoundland.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Guatemala (655 words)

	Annual Report 1986-1987 Chapter IV Guatemala
		During the sixteenth session of the OAS General Assembly in November 1986 in Guatemala City, the Mutual Support Group demonstrated before the meeting place of the diplomatic representatives of the OAS member countries in order to voice their protest at the lack of investigation of the cases of forced disappearances of their family members.
		Twenty-four hours later, the GAM vacated the National Congress, after the President of the Congress and the Human Rights Commission of the Parliament delivered a letter to the GAM leaders guaranteeing that they would be received by President Cerezo to resolve all aspects of the issue of the Investigating Commission.
		President Cerezo did receive them on July 30 at 12:00 noon, stating that the previous meeting had not been held because allegedly the GAM did not show up at the scheduled time.
	www.cidh.oas.org /annualrep/86.87eng/chap.4b.htm (1962 words)

	President of Guatemala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The title of President of Guatemala has been the usual title of the leader of Guatemala since 1851, when that title was assumed by José Rafael Carrera, who had been acting as head of government as general and caudillo since 1840.
		The title of "President" has been used by democratically elected leaders and appointed heads of state, as well as by dictators who took power by military coup.
		(From 20 October 1944 to 15 March 1945 Guatemala was governed by a military junta consisting of Francisco Javier Arana, Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, and Jorge Toriello Garrido.)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_Guatemala (272 words)

	Guatemala
		Guatemala is a democratic republic with separation of powers and a centralized national administration.
		The FRG is headed by former de facto President and retired General Efrain Rios Montt, now President of Congress and a long-time elder of the evangelical Protestant Church of the Word.
		However, both former President Arzu and his successor President Portillo have used a constitutional clause to order the army on a temporary basis to support the police in response to a nationwide wave of violent crime.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/guatemala.htm (3416 words)

	[26 Sep 1996]: PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA
		Guatemala was now moving into a positive phase which involved tremendous commitments and opened up excellent opportunities for the country, he said.
		President Arzu thanked the international media for keeping the world abreast of the tremendous efforts being made by Guatemalans to achieve peace and begin the development process in the country.
		The President was then asked what he had meant in his statement in the Assembly yesterday when he said that the Guatemalan conflict had been fanned by external forces, as well as internal forces.
	www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/1996/19960926.gua.26s.html (1082 words)

	President's Central America Trip: Guatemala
		The terms of office for president, vice president, and congressional representatives were reduced from five years to four years and for Supreme Court justices from six years to five years.
		Guatemala is a signatory to the Rio Pact and is a member of the Central American Defense Council (CONDECA).
		Guatemala's social indicators, such as infant mortality and illiteracy, are among the worst in the hemisphere.
	clinton3.nara.gov /WH/New/centralam/guatemala.html (4053 words)

	President Bush and President Berger of Guatemala Participate in Joint Press Availability
		In that sense, President Bush expressed his support also for the Maya plan that is already in operation, and has told us that he is going to make a regional proposal to fight drug trafficking, regionally, where he is inviting Mexico and the Central American countries to join the United States in the fight.
		President Bush has confirmed that there are no express instructions to persecute Guatemalan illegal aliens -- that is somebody is acting beyond the scope of the law, he has to be brought before the law.
		President Berger is working with the United Nations to form an international commission to help investigate and prosecute organized crime in Guatemala, and the United States strongly supports this effort.
	www.state.gov /p/wha/rls/rm/07/q1/81656.htm (4795 words)

	President of Guatemala visits ICRC
		The ICRC President said that he was pleased to welcome Mr De León Carpio, Head of State of one of the 185 Parties to the Geneva Conventions.
		President Sommaruga mentioned that during the sombre period in Guatemala's recent past the ICRC had not been able fully to discharge its mandate in behalf of the many victims needing its assistance.
		In his reply, President De León Carpio said that he was pleased to have the opportunity to visit the ICRC and expressed his admiration for the institution's humanitarian work.
	www.icrc.org /web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/57JLZ2 (422 words)

	Map Zones : Guatemala Map
		Guatemala periodically asserts claims to territory in southern Belize; to deter cross-border squatting, both states in 2000 agreed to a "line of adjacency" based on the de facto boundary, which is not recognized by Guatemala
		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.
		Spanish is the official language of Guatemala and the primary language of 60 percent of the population.
	kids.mapzones.com /world/guatemala (3001 words)

	Guatemala's Former Dictator "Unfit" Candidate for President (Human Rights Watch Press release, New York, July 15, 2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Ríos Montt made two attempts to run for president in the 1990s but his candidacy was barred by a provision of the 1985 Constitution that prohibited people who had participated in military coups from becoming president.
		Guatemala's electoral court and the Supreme Court both reaffirmed that prohibition in recent weeks, ruling against his candidacy.
		Ríos Montt is currently the President of Congress and the head of the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), the political party of the current president, Alfonso Portillo.
	www.hrw.org /press/2003/07/guatemala071503.htm (361 words)

	Main Page - Guatemala Travel Adventure
		Guatemala is spread across a green and mountainous piece of land, and is a complete entity in itself with staggering natural, cultural, and historical interest.
		Guatemala is mountainous, except for the south coastal area and the north vast lowlands of Peten department.
		Guatemala City is the economic, governmental, and cultural capital of the Republic of Guatemala, and functions as the main port of entry into the country with the country's largest international airport, La Aurora International Airport.
	www.guatemalahotels.travel (9374 words)

	Rob Mercatante's Guatemala Journal: Guatemala News: Romeo Lucas Garcia dies
		Guatemala now remembers Lucas Garcia as one of the most bloodthirsty presidents in all of its history.
		Sunday, May 28, 2006; 8:47 PM Guatemala City -- Former Guatemalan President Romeo Lucas Garcia, whose rule was marked by a bloody police raid on the Spanish Embassy, has died at a hospital in Venezuela.
		An army general, Lucas Garcia served as president of Guatemala from July 1978 to March 1982 when he was overthrown by another general, Efrain Rios Montt.
	www.elcanche.com /weblog/archives/000456.html (561 words)

	Interbrand \| Guatemala \| Guatemala Tourism Institute \| Brand \| Brands, Full Branding Services for Clients
		Guatemala’s newly elected president wished to focus on tourism as a means to grow income for the country, a strategy that has worked extremely well for its neighbors Costa Rica, Mexico and Panama.
		Interbrand was appointed to develop a brand and image strategy for the country, taking care to maintain the existing appeal of Guatemala for international backpackers but developing an attractive and credible image appropriate to the needs of high-end cultural tourism.
		The visual identity expresses this spirituality with an abstract symbol: the earthtone colors represent the textiles of Guatemala, as well as the earth and the soul (purple); as a whole, it is a powerful union of the visible and the invisible.
	www.interbrand.com /portfolio_details.asp?portfolio=2641 (323 words)

	CNN - Opposition leader claims victory as Guatemala's next president - November 8, 1999
		GUATEMALA CITY (CNN) -- Conservative opposition leader Alfonso Portillo claimed victory Monday in Guatemala's first peacetime presidential election in decades, but preliminary results suggest Portillo may fall short of a majority needed to avoid a runoff.
		His nearest challenger, former Guatemala City Mayor Oscar Berger of the Party for the National Advancement had 30.31 percent of the vote.
		The U.S. government congratulated Guatemala for a "free and fair" election with no "reports of serious incidents of violence, intimidation or fraud," said State Department Spokesman James Rubin.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/americas/9911/08/guatemala.election.03/index.html (537 words)

	Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley
		President Bush’s support for family values also came under fire when Ramazzini questioned why he doesn’t allow for the reunification of immigrant families, leaving many families divided for years.
		The vice president pointed to a number of troubling trends in Guatemalan society, including deficiencies in the democratic process, social exclusion, corruption, organized crime and racism towards the indigenous population.
		Eduardo Stein is the Vice President of the Republic of Guatemala.
	socrates.berkeley.edu:7001 /Events/spring2005/05-04-05-stein/index.html (1270 words)

	Team Dispatch
		Guatemala was turned into "hell on earth" for the next three decades.
		A big factor in the start of Guatemala's civil war, which lasted from 1960 until 1996, was the American government's fear of a communist presence in Guatemala.
		In 1954, one year after the CIA successfully installed the Shah in Iran, Castillo Armas was installed as president of Guatemala by the United States government.
	www.ustrek.org /odyssey/semester2/030301/030301teamguatemala.html (1240 words)

	The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Washington -- NAHJ President Veronica Villafañe called the lack of news coverage by English-language media of the destruction caused by mudslides in Guatemala as a result of Hurricane Stan “shameful.”
		Guatemala, however, was hardest hit with the highest casualty figures.
		The stories of pain and loss of life in Guatemala and of all the victims of Hurricane Stan should be told.
	www.nahj.org /nahjnews/articles/2005/october/guatemala.shtml (420 words)

	The GULLY \| Gay Mundo \| Guatemala's Dykes Dig in Their Heels
		Half of Guatemala's human rights activists will leave the country, particularly those who were exiled and returned after the end of the civil war, in 1996.
		Montenegro, head of Guatemala's women's rights commission and herself a target of paramilitary groups, also seems unable to understand that the problems of lesbians are rooted in those of women.
		In Guatemala, "when families find out that their daughter is a lesbian, they lock her up at home, rape her, force her to marry," said Acevedo.
	www.thegully.com /essays/gaymundo/030725_guatemala_lesbian.html (1327 words)

	Former president of Guatemala eludes federal prosecutors \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		GUATEMALA CITY – Former President Alfonso Portillo left Guatemala and flew to Mexico shortly before federal prosecutors investigating corruption allegations said they would seek an order to prevent his departure.
		Fischer said that while she was an anti-corruption prosecutor, she found evidence that people close to the president were funneling government money to private accounts.
		She quit after she said she was pressured to drop the cases, and she turned over the evidence to U.S. officials.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040220/news_1n20guat.html (379 words)

	Open letter to President of Guatemala
		The Government of Guatemala gave a mining permit to the company, without the previous and informed consent of the affected communities.
		We understand that the Government of Guatemala's intention to attract mining companies is, among other things, to improve the economic situation of the poor.
		President, we respect your commitment to "work, in a decisive and transparent way, for the benefit of all Guatemalans".
	www.globalexchange.org /countries/guatemala/miningletter.html (1155 words)

	Guatemala Solidarity Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The elections on 9th November this year will be the sixth time the citizens of Guatemala go to the polls to elect a president since 1984 when the Guatemalan army finally acceded to international and domestic pressures to transfer power to a civilian ruled government.
		There are many injustices in Guatemala - economic, social, cultural and religious - but most stem in one way or another from the brutalised Guatemala of the internal armed conflict, a product of the abuse of military power.
		This has led to one of the bitterest political ironies in Guatemala; Rios Montt's strongest support has come from the regions of the country where his scorched earth policy was fiercest, since those are areas with the highest numbers of ex-members of the PAC.
	www.guatemalasolidarity.org.uk /Articles/new_awakening.htm (977 words)

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