In September 2010 the Guatemalan Congress overwhelmingly gave its approval for a referendum to be held to give the people of Guatemala a say in whether or not that country ’ s claim to Belize should be taken to the International Court of Justice for final resolution.

In 16th-century Verapaz, the entrance to Xibalba was traditionally held to be a cave in the vicinity of Cobán, Guatemala.

A referendum was held in 1824, with Tuxtla voting to become part of Guatemala.

In 1821 he was elected mayor of Guatemala City, position he held until June ( 1821 ).

The second edition ( 1965 ) held in Guatemala, saw Mexico defeat the host in the final of a six-team tournament.

The 1967 competition was held in Honduras and saw a third different champion crowned, Guatemala.

Costa Rica won their second title as hosts in 1969, knocking off Guatemala, while two years later, Mexico won their second championship as the tournament moved to the Caribbean for the first time, held in Trinidad & Tobago.

In 1974 the Guatemala Northeast district achieved regular status, the first since Japan achieved this milestone in 1936 Also in 1974 the Nazarene Young Peoples Society ( now Nazarene Youth International ) in its desire to be more inclusive, held its first International Institute ( now Nazarene World Youth Conference ) on the campus of European Nazarene Bible College in Büsingen, Germany.

Jorge Ubico y Castañeda ( 10 November 1878 – 14 June 1946 ) was a Guatemalan dictator who held the title of President of Guatemala from 14 February 1931 to 4 July 1944.

* Guatemala – 1997 – When returning from mission, one Costa Rican Salvation Army officer was hijacked by gunmen and held hostage for a short time.

General elections were held in Guatemala on 9 November 2003, with a second round of the presidential election held on 28 December.

The rebels held the government for nearly a month before royal authority was restored from Guatemala.

The organization was constituted in 1993 at a council held in Antigua, Guatemala, although it traces its roots back to theological conferences held in many locations during the 1950s and 1960s.

Between its founding and April 1984, the tribunal pronounced two advisory opinions on Western Sahara and Eritrea and held eight sessions ( Argentina, Philippines, El Salvador, Afghanistan I and II, East Timor, Zaire and Guatemala ).

On 23 October 1947 the sub-committee held its first meeting and held 32 meeting and on 19 November recommended to the Ad Hoc committee that :- There shall be a Commission appointed by the General Assembly with five members representing Guatemala, Iceland, Norway, Poland and Uruguay

Business leader throughout his career, has held as President of the Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala, in several periods, Director of the National Exports Council ( In Spanish, Consejo Nacional para las Exportaciones – CONAPEX ), Director and President of the Central American Chamber of Commerce Federation ( In Spanish, Federación de Cámaras de Comercio del Istmo Centroamericano ( FECAMCO ).

Upon the conclusion of the civil war, 7, 500 Guardsmen were taken prisoner – with many former Guards suspected of violating human rights being held in detention by the Sandinistas –, while another 4, 500 officers and enlisted men fled to neighbouring Honduras, Costa Rica and Guatemala to form the nucleus an armed opposition force to the new Nicaraguan government, which would later become known as the Contras

The following meetings were held in Managua ( 1992 ), Havana ( 1993 ), Montevideo ( 1995 ), San Salvador ( 1996 ), Porto Alegre ( 1997 ), Mexico City ( 1998 ), Managua ( 2000 ), Havana ( 2001 ), Antigua Guatemala ( 2002 ), Quito ( 2003 ), São Paulo ( 2005 ), San Salvador ( 2007 ), Montevideo ( 2008 ), Mexico City ( 2009 ) and Buenos Aires ( 2010 ).

The Apertura is held in the first half of the calendar year in Chile, Colombia, Haiti and Paraguay while it is held in the second half of the calendar year in Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Uruguay and Venezuela.

On 20 November 2004, at a ceremony held in General Ríos Montt's compound near Antigua Guatemala, and with the general presiding at the ceremony, she married U. S. Congressman Jerry Weller ( R-Illinois ).

On November 9, 2003, Óscar Berger, a former mayor of Guatemala city, won the presidential election with 38. 8 % of the vote.

Politics of Guatemala takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Guatemala is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system.

For example, it is used in French presidential, legislative, and cantonal elections, and also to elect the presidents of Afghanistan, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Liberia, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Timor-Leste, Ukraine, Uruguay, Zimbabwe — see: Table of voting systems by nation.

While initially seeking remain in power to serve out Somoza's presidential term, Urcuyo seceded his position to the junta and fled to Guatemala two days later.

On 14 August 1994, 80 of the 116 seats in the National Congress came up for election, unusual in Guatemala where the members of Congress normally stand for election to coincide with the presidential election.

In post-dictatorship Guatemala, the Political Constitution of Guatemala allowed only a six-year term, and forbade presidential re-election.

In the cities of Antigua Guatemala, San Martín Jilotepeque, and San Juan Sacatepéquez pro – Árbenz armed groups fought the Castillo government, because of the forced presidential resignation, and because they had benefited from Decree 900.

In the eleven days after the resignation of President Árbenz, five successive military junta governments occupied the Guatemalan presidential palace ; each junta was successively more amenable to the political demands of the US, after which, Col. Castillo assumed the Presidency of Guatemala.

Zury Ríos studied at schools in Guatemala and Spain, where her father was assigned as military attaché following the 1974 presidential election, a process tainted by accusations of electoral fraud in which he had been a candidate.

During the presidential campaign, Colom said that he wished to reduce crime by tackling poverty in Guatemala.

In an attempt to control rapid growth of the city, the municipal government ( Municipalidad de Guatemala ) headed by longtime Mayor Álvaro Arzú, has implemented a plan to control its growth based on transects along its important arterial roads and exhibitting Transit-oriented development ( TOD ) characteristics.

* El Adelanto-Asociación Nacional de Municipalidades de la República de Guatemala Official information about the municipal government ( Spanish )

In the first round of the November 2003 elections ( see: Guatemala election, 2003 ), he backed former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt to succeed him.

This bias also said to exist in foreign elections, giving favorable media coverage to fraudulent elections in allied countries such as El Salvador and Guatemala, while unfavorable coverage is given to legitimate elections in enemy countries such as Nicaragua.

The author's criticize Kinzer for failing to apply the same standards to elections in Nicaragua as in Guatemala and El Salvador.

Some examples of political action programs were the prevention of the Italian Communist Party ( PCI ) from winning elections between 1948 and the late 1960s ; overthrowing the governments of Iran in 1953, and Guatemala in 1954 ; arming rebels in Indonesia in 1957 ; and providing funds and support to the trade union federation Solidarity following the imposition of martial law in Poland after 1981.

General elections were held in Guatemala on 7 March 1982.

Although amaranth was cultivated on a large scale in ancient Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru, nowadays it is only cultivated on a small scale there, along with India, China, Nepal, and other tropical countries ; thus, there is potential for further cultivation in those countries, as well as in the U. S. In a 1977 article in Science, amaranth was described as " the crop of the future.

** Guatemala Customs union, ( 1963, re-launched on October 29, 1993 )

An early Classic ( 460 – 480 AD ) period Mayan tomb from the site of Rio Azul, Guatemala, had vessels with the Maya glyph for cacao on them with residue of a chocolate drink.

* 1941 – World War II: The Republic of China, Cuba, Guatemala, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on Germany and Japan.

North of El Salvador, Mexico and most of Guatemala are riding on the westward-moving North American Plate that butts against the northern edge of the stationary Caribbean Plate in southern Guatemala.

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua also are negotiating a free trade agreement with Canada, and negotiations started on 2006 for a free trade agreement with Colombia.

The capital of the Spanish Captaincy General of Guatemala, covering most of modern Central America, was moved here after a series of earthquakes — the Santa Marta earthquakes that started on July 29, 1773 — destroyed the old capital, Antigua Guatemala.

Despite its location in the tropics and the many micro climates found within the country, Guatemala City ’ s elevation and the resulting moderating influence of the higher altitude enable it to enjoy a subtropical highland climate ( Köppen Cwb ), though depending on location, it also borders on a tropical savanna climate ( Köppen Aw ).

Alvarado entered Guatemala from Soconusco on the Pacific lowlands, headed for Xetulul Humbatz, Zapotitlan.

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, until the federation broke up in civil war in 1838 – 1840 ( See: History of Central America ).

The United States clutched on small details to prove the existence of widespread Communism in Guatemala.

Many groups of Guatemalan exiles were armed and trained by the CIA, and commanded by Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas they invaded Guatemala on June 18, 1954.

* Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala = Website of Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala, with special reports on justice and accountability

* Guatemala Human Rights Commission / USA-Website of the Guatemala Human Rights Commission / USA, with special reports on human rights, genocide trials, impunity, the Mérida Initiative, femicide, Bishop Gerardi's assassination, and more.

* genocide of the Mayans in Guatemala on the Combat Genocide Association website

This has brought on difficulties for Guatemala as more people puts pressure in the nation's economic progress in a country where 70 % live in dire poverty, and political stability was weakened by an inability to have effective population growth programs.