Guatemala Research 10-2-07

I am looking for research for my mini-project that we are going to be working on during school tomorrow and friday, thursday we are on a field trip, my partner is Jessica. I am looking for different websites that will give me the history and how the government changed over time.

The first website that i found was the CIA world factbook. It gave some information about the 3 different branches: Judicial branch, Legislative branch, and Executive branch. It also says information on the that is important like, there independence is 15 September 1821 (from Spain). Check it out if you want to know more information.

The second website i found has different links to different topics about Guatemala. I read the history section of it. I thought it was cool that it did talked about the history all the way back to the mayans. It didn't give to much info on the Mayans but it still spoke about it. It didnt talk about when Guatemala became free from spain but it did say; "The country then slid into a state of almost perpetual civil war between a series of right-wing military governments and various leftist guerrilla movements: a major figure during this period was the former general Efrain Rios Montt, a self-styled evangelist who as army chief of staff and (briefly) president during the 1970s and 80s presided over a vicious counter-insurgency campaign whose savagery was exceptional even by the standards of the era and the region." (iexplore, history). It also has great pictures that we can add into our ppt.

Number 2 on this website gives information on when Spain came and concoured Guatemala. "2. The second important period in the history of Guatemala is marked by the arrival of Pedro de Alvarado, conqueror of Guatemala, in 1524." (giorgio, history). It is a short but to the point website.


1. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gt.html

2. http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Guatemala/History

3. http://www.world66.com/centralamericathecaribbean/guatemala/history