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HISTORY. From 1524 to 1821 Guatemala was a Spanish captaincy-general, comprising the whole of Central America. It became independent in 1821 and formed part of the Confederation of Central America from 1823 to 1839, when Rafael Carrera dissolved the Confederation.
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The official gazette is called Diario de Centro America.
Banco de Guatemala, Memoria annual, Estudio económico and Boletín Estadístico
Bloomfield, L. M., The British Honduras-Guatemala Dispute. Toronto, 1953
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Morton, F., Xeláhuh. London, 1959
Plant, R., Guatemala: Unnatural Disaster. London, 1978
Schlesinger, S., and Kinzer, S., Bitter Front: The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala. London and New York, 1982
National Library: Biblioteca Nacional, 5a Avenida y 8a Calle, Zona 1, Guatemala City.
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Paxton, J. (1986). Guatemala. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271159_72
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