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Guatemala Population, Main Cities and Geography

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 »

Guatemala History

Guatemala History

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 »