According to Areacodesexplorer, Guatemala is a Central American country located south of Mexico and bordered by Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. It covers an area of 108,889 km2 (42,042 sq mi) and has a population of 16.58 million people according to the 2017 census. Guatemala is divided into 22 departments (provinces) with its capital city… Read More »
Guatemala: population, cities Population Population According to Countryaah website, Guatemala has around 17.2 million residents. Ethnic composition Around 60% of the population of Guatemala are descendants of the Maya, another 35% are mixed race, the rest of the population is of European or Asian descent or is one of the descendants of escaped African slaves… Read More »
The presidential elections of 1985, with the victory of Mario Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo (PDCG), marked the start of a democratization of political life. The hopes of an easing of internal tensions between the Marxist guerrillas, drug traffickers and the right-wing army were soon disappointed, however, due to the failure of the attempts at dialogue. Having… Read More »