political maps
the main LANGUAGE in guatemala is spanish
there is a PRESIDENT in guatemala because of the REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
the GUATEMALAN culture is strongly in INFLUENCEd by spanish and mayan cultures
the name guatemala means land of forests
many traditional GUATEMALAN food are based of mayan foods USUALLY containing corn CHILIES and beans
GUATEMALANS are know for there prucurion bands featurinG the national INTERMENT the marimba
guatemalans are USUALLY WEARING bright colored clothes inspired by mayan culture
Catholicism was the official REALIGN but now about 40% of guatemalans are Protestant
REALIGN
holidays
new year, Easter, holy week, labor day, army day, independence day, revolution day, all saints day, Christmas eve, Christmas day, new years eve.
- Pedro De Alvarado defeates Mayans and turns Guatemala to a Spanish colony
- 1821 Guatemala becomes independent 1822 Guatemala joins mexican empire
- 1839 Guatemala becomes fully independent
- 1941 Guatemala declares war on axis powers
- 1970 the military start trying to eliminate left wingers 50,000 people died
- 1976 27,000 where killed and more than a million homeless because of a earthquake
- 1981 11,000 people are killed by soldiers when more people in Guatemala dont like the government
- 2005 hundreds of people are killed when tropical storm stan came through creating landslides and floods
- 2007 guatemala makes new laws so no baby can be bought or sold
- 2010 the pacaya volcano erupts
Mariano Rivera Paz is the first and third president of guatemala
José Venancio López Requena is the secend president of guatemala
Rafael Carrera is the fourth fifth and sixth president of guatemala
Vicente Cerna Sandoval is the 7th president of Guatemala
Miguel García Granados is the 8th president of Guatemala
Justo Rufino Barrios is the 8th president of Guatemala
Juan Federico Ponce Vaides is the 17th president of Guatemala
Ramiro de León Carpio is the 32nd president of Guatemala
Jimmy Morales is the 39th president and current president of Guatemala
why is the slag like that
the flag is blue with a wight strip inside the strip is a paper with writing on it a bird is sitting on top of the paper theres also sords and guns but why
the blue around the white is because Guatemala is in the middle of two oceans the white is for peace the paper and bird is the coat of arms
why is that the coat of arms because the bird is a Guatemalan sign of librity