BACKGROUND - Guatemala - page 571

BACKGROUND
The Land
GEOGRAPHY
CLIMATE
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Flora and Fauna
FLORA
FAUNA
History
PREHISTORY
MAYAN CIVILIZATION
THE PRECONQUEST PICTURE
THE SPANISH CONQUEST
COLONIAL GUATEMALA
INDEPENDENCE
JUSTO RUFINO BARRIOS AND THE LIBERAL REFORMS
MANUEL ESTRADA CABRERA
JORGE UBICO
THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION OF 1944
A DECADE OF “SPIRITUAL SOCIALISM”
THE CIVIL WAR (1960-1996)
POSTWAR GUATEMALA
Government
ORGANIZATION
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
ELECTIONS
POLITICAL PARTIES
BUREAUCRACY
Economy
AGRICULTURE, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY
DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
TOURISM
People and Culture
ETHNICITY AND CLASS
ECONOMIC CLASS STRUCTURES
RELIGION