Rumiñahui fell back to Quito, and, while in pursuit of the Inca army, Benalcázar encountered another, quite sizable, conquering party led by Guatemalan Governor Pedro de Alvarado.

Other large lakes include the Lago de Coatepeque in the west and the Lago de Güija on the Guatemalan border.

The Guatemalan region of Mesoamerica was dominated by the Maya civilization ( 2, 000 BC – AD 250 ), before the Spanish arrived in the 16th century ; although most of the great, Classic-era ( AD 250 – 900 ) Maya cities of the Petén Basin region, in the northern lowlands of Guatemala, had been abandoned by the year AD 1, 000 ; however, the states in the Guatemalan central highlands, flourished until the arrival of Pedro de Alvarado, the Spanish Conquistador who began subjugating the Indian states of Guatemala in 1525.

The Military of Guatemala consists of National Army of Guatemala ( Ejercito Nacional de Guatemala, ENG ), the Guatemalan Navy ( Marina Nacional, includes Marines ) and the Guatemalan Air Force ( Fuerza Aerea Guatemalteca, FAG ).

Although generally not as high as the mountains near the Guatemalan border, the eastern ranges possess some high peaks, such as the Montaña de la Flor at 2, 300 meters, El Boquerón ( Monte El Boquerón ) at 2, 485 meters, and Pico Bonito at 2, 435 meters.

* February 25 – Guatemalan Sergeant Major Melchor de Mencos y Varón departs the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala with an infantry battalion, to fight British pirates that reportedly disembarked on the coasts of Petén ( today Belize ) and were sacking the nearby towns.

Source: Guatemalan National Statistical Institute ( Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, ( INE ).

Martí taught composition classes free at the academia de niñas de centroamérica girls ' academy, among whose students he enthralled young María García Granados, daughter of Guatemalan president Miguel García Granados.

On May 10, socialite María García Granados died of lung disease ; her unrequited love for Martí branded her, poignantly, as ' la niña de Guatemala, la que se murió de amor ' ( the Guatemalan girl who died of love ).

The Jesuit Residence, restored as a clinic by Guatemalan friars, was shuttered in 1821, and San Telmo saw no public works for the next 30 years except a Black Infantrymen's Quarters and the construction of the dreaded Mazorca Dungeon by Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas.

The site was declared a protected archaeological zone by Ministerial Accord 1210 of the Guatemalan Ministerio de Educación (" Ministry of Education ") on 12 June 1970.

* The Guatemalan Tax Number ( NIT-Número de Identificación Tributaria ) based on modulo 11.

The paramilitary invasion of Operation PBSUCCESS ( 1953 – 54 ) featured El ejército de liberación, an army of liberation recruited, trained, and armed by the CIA, composed of 480 mercenary soldiers under the command of Col. Carlos Castillo Armas, an exiled, right-wing Guatemalan army officer.

To disseminate the propaganda and the disinformation ( black propaganda ) that misrepresented the Árbenz Government as Communist, the CIA established Voz de la liberación ( Voice of Liberation, VOL ), a radio station that transmitted from suburban Florida, USA — whilst claiming to be in the Guatemalan jungle with Col. Castillo Armas's liberacionista army.

In his politico-economic favouritism, President Ubico ceded physical control of much of Guatemala ’ s prime agricultural land, and de facto control of Puerto Barrios, the Caribbean Sea port that grants Guatemala access to the Atlantic Ocean, in exchange for building the ( road, rail, and telegraph ) infrastructure ; resultantly, in labour-and-management relations, the Guatemalan government often was politically subservient to foreign business interests, especially those of the United Fruit Company.

In December 1953, the CIA established the operational headquarters of their Guatemalan army of liberation in suburban Florida ; then recruited aeroplane pilots and mercenary soldiers, supervised their military training, established the radio station La Voz de la Liberación ( The Voice of Liberation ) to broadcast disinformation and propaganda ; and arranged for increased diplomatic pressure upon Guatemala to reverse Decree 900 — especially as it applied to the United Fruit Company.

As Carpentier became acquainted with those among the arts community he had several encounters to meet other famous authors such as Pablo Neruda, who had sent him a draft of his book “ Residencia el la Tierra ” to review ; Guatemalan author Miguel Ángel Asturias, whose work on pre-Columbian mythology influenced his writing ; and Pablo Picasso, an introduction made possible through Carpentier's connection with friends in the arts.

The Guatemalan, Oswaldo Mendaz, finished in 4th place after losing the jump-off for bronze to Mexico's Joaquin Perez de la Heras.

The club is owned by the Guatemalan Army and was founded on April 14, 1945 as Aurora de la Guardia de Honor, a name that was shortened to Aurora F. C.

Carlos Humberto Ruiz Gutiérrez ( born September 15, 1979 in Guatemala City ), initially nicknamed El Pescadito (" The Little Fish ") but gradually known as just Pescado or " Fish " ( even by Spanish-speakers ), is a Guatemalan footballer who currently plays for Veracruz in Mexico's Liga de Ascenso.

* Agreement on the establishment of the Commission to clarify past human rights violations and acts of violence that have caused the Guatemalan population to suffer (" CEH Accord ") 23 June 1994

Playa Grande (" Big beach ") is the administrative centre of the municipality of Ixcán in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.

Unfinished Conquest: The Guatemalan Tragedy ( University of California Press, 1993 ).

In 1951, to equitably redistribute the prime arable lands of the country, the President worked with the Communist Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo ( PGT, Guatemalan Labour Party ) to jointly compose, implement, and establish a realistic agrarian reform program that would remedy the historically inequitable distribution of Guatemalan farmland, which dated from the Spanish Conquest, the Colonial period, and the military dictatorships.

The International Centre for Human Rights Research or CIIDH ( Spanish: " Centro Internacional para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos ") is a Guatemalan non-governmental organisation.

Alotenango ( Alo-tenamitl-co ; translation " in the wall of the parrots ") ( variation: Atchalan ) is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez.

Jocotenango ( alternate: Xocotenango ; translation from Kaqchikel: " place of many plums ") is a small municipality in the northeast section of Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez, and is situated north of Antigua Guatemala.

The westernmost group, near the Guatemalan border, contains Izalco and Santa Ana, which at 2, 365 meters is the highest volcano in El Salvador.

The central ceremonial center of Kaminaljuyu was however protected by the Guatemalan government and is now a park within the city.

This article in general is written from a perspective that fails to recognize the plights and contributions of the Guatemalan Indians.

Racial stratification is complex and fluid in Guatemalan politics, culture and identity.

The largest population of Guatemalans is in Los Angeles, but there are also established Guatemalan communities in Dallas, Houston, Miami, New York City, San Diego, San Francisco area, and Washington, DC.

Donors ' response to the need for international financial support funds for implementation of the Peace Accords is, however, contingent upon Guatemalan government reforms and counterpart financing.

An important part of that prehistory was the Mayan presence around the city of Copán, in western Honduras which is near the Guatemalan border.

The broadest river valley, along the Río Ulúa near the Guatemalan border, is Honduras's most developed area.

In Portugal, besides several varieties of wet-cured hams called fiambre ( not to be confused with the Guatemalan dish, also called fiambre ), the most important type of ham is presunto, a dry-cured ham similar to Spanish jamón and Italian prosciutto.

* January 6 – The runoff for the Guatemalan presidential election is won by Jorge Serrano Elías.

As one Guatemalan website states, " To mention the Carnival of Mazatenango is to bring to mind moments of a happy and cordial party.

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21, 121 persons ( 22. 9 %); 17. 0 % of Vacaville is Mexican, 0. 9 % Puerto Rican, 0. 5 % Salvadoran, 0. 3 % Nicaraguan, 0. 2 % Guatemalan, and 0. 2 % Peruvian.

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 28, 789 persons ( 27. 3 %); 21. 2 % of Fairfield is Mexican, 1. 1 % Puerto Rican, 1. 0 % Salvadoran, 0. 5 % Nicaraguan, 0. 3 % Guatemalan, 0. 2 % Cuban, and 0. 2 % Peruvian.

Arturo explains to his son, Enrique, his world view and how the indio fares in Guatemalan life, noting that, " to the rich, the peasant is just a pair of strong arms ".

The racial makeup of Stanislaus County was 337, 342 ( 65. 6 %) White, 14, 721 ( 2. 9 %) African American, 5, 902 ( 1. 1 %) Native American, 26, 090 ( 5. 1 %) Asian ( 1. 5 % Indian, 1. 1 % Filipino, 0. 7 % Cambodian, 0. 5 % Chinese, 0. 3 % Vietnamese, 0. 3 % Laotian, 0. 1 % Japanese, 0. 1 % Korean, 0. 1 % Cambodian ), 3, 401 ( 0. 7 %) Pacific Islander, 99, 210 ( 19. 3 %) from other races, and 27, 787 ( 5. 4 %) from two or more races ; Hispanic or Latino of any race were 215, 658 persons ( 41. 9 %); 37. 6 % of Stanislaus County is Mexican, 0. 6 % Puerto Rican, 0. 5 % Salvadoran, 0. 2 % Nicaraguan, and 0. 2 % Guatemalan.

" Scherzer explains in a footnote that what Ximénez is referencing " is only a secret calendar " and that he himself had " found this rustic calendar previously in various indigenous towns in the Guatemalan highlands " during his travels with Wagner.

60. 9 % of El Monte is Mexican, 2. 3 % Salvadoran, 1. 2 % Guatemalan, 0. 4 % Nicaraguan, 0. 3 % Honduran, 0. 3 % Cuban, 0. 2 % Puerto Rican, and 0. 2 % Peruvian.

38. 1 % of Palmdale is Mexican, 6. 2 % Salvadoran, 2. 4 % Guatemalan, 0. 7 % Puerto Rican, 0. 5 % Cuban, 0. 4 % Honduran, 0. 4 % Nicaraguan, 0. 4 % Peruvian, 0. 3 % Ecuadorian, 0. 3 % Colombian, and 0. 2 % Argentinean.

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23, 929 persons ( 23. 7 %); 9. 4 % of Daly City is Mexican, 4. 9 % Salvadoran, 2. 7 % Nicaraguan, 1. 3 % Guatemalan, 0. 7 % Peruvian, 0. 7 % Puerto Rican, and 0. 5 % Honduran.

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3, 773 persons ( 59. 7 %); 53. 6 % of Roseland is Mexican, 1. 6 % Salvadoran, 0. 7 % Guatemalan, 0. 4 % Puerto Rican, and 0. 3 % Nicaraguan.

) It is also home to the ninety-fourth highest percentage of Guatemalan residents in the US, at 1. 2 % of the population as well ( tied with three other US areas, including Bonita Springs, Fla .)

The route through Mexico to the Guatemalan border at Ciudad Hidalgo is about, virtually all two lane roads running through the centers of towns with heavy truck traffic during the day-a challenging journey even for an experienced transmigrante.

Guatemalan author William Spindler's article, “ Magic realism: a typology ,” suggests that there are three kinds of magic realism, which however are by no means incompatible: European ‘ metaphysical ’ magic realism, with its sense of estrangement and the uncanny, exemplified by Kafka ’ s fiction ; ‘ ontological ’ magical realism, characterized by ‘ matter-of-factness ’ in relating ‘ inexplicable ’ events ; and ‘ anthropological ’ magical realism, where a Native worldview is set side by side with the Western rational worldview.

The Calendar Round is still in use by many groups in the Guatemalan highlands.