Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Guatemala Civil War 1960 - 1996


The Guatemalan Civil War ran from 1960 to 1996. It was fought between the government of Guatemala and various leftist rebel groups supported chiefly by ethnic Maya indigenous people and Latino peasants, who together make up the rural poor.

Democratic elections during the Guatemalan Revolution in 1944 and 1951 had brought popular leftist governments to power, but a United States-backed coup d'état in 1954 installed the military regime of Carlos Castillo Armas, who was followed by a series of conservative military dictators. 


Guatemala’s Nominal Per Capita GDP in 2019 is $4,575 with a population of 17.5 million and a land area of 42,042 square miles. Nominal GDP is $79 billion. Poverty is 49%.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader


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