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Guatemala - Essay

Guatemala


, 3rd largest area in Central America, a population of almost 12,000,00; taken up by a majority of two cultures that have made a complex society that is deeply divided by the rich and poor, its beautiful land and good weather, together with freedom of democracy keeps people living peacefully in this vast and exciting country.
The history marked with many wars and tensions between cultures. In 1523 Alvarado took over and established a Spanish Colony by defeating the Mayan Indians. This started 2 different cultures; the Native Americans and the Ladinos (mix of Spanish and Native American). From there on the Spanish was in-control of until Independence was finally brought to from the ...

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4 years president election, congress and constitution.. The people of the country have a freedom of choice and even leftover from previous war the power struggle still continue, the people of the country stay and support the grow democracy.

Bell: "The Political situation was complicated in Guatemala, people
were very unhappy with the way things were going with all
the fighting over power, and living with no stable government,
until there was one stable government and a constitution, after
that the government was going up and the people were staying"
The new constitution was made in 1996 which made the government full proof and so all the citizens could see and know they're rights and the laws. After that period, one government was chosen and a constitution was formed. From there and on, the government has been moving in a positive direction, and the majority of the people are happy with it.

The economy of Guatemala is very poor and it still trying to recuperate from ...

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longer then boys. From all this above, the average would possibly want to leave and try to get a better life, but don't have enough money because of the economy. This has also been the reason from the debt that Guatemala has been growing into because of all the funding they have needed to re-establish all the things they have lost from the civil war they had had. The debt dramatically grew from $760 million in 1978 to $2.8 billion in 1990, and then grew more in 1994 to be $3 billion, almost 1/5th of the country's GDP. Because of this large debt which was increasing at a rate nobody wanted, budget cutbacks were made, which seriously affected the lower class. This was a major factor of ...

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