Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north,the Caribbean Sea to the east,and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a water boundary with Honduras to the southeast.
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north,Colombia to the south,the Caribbean Sea to the east,and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Central America is usually defined as consisting of seven countries:Belize,Costa Rica,El Salvador,Guatemala,Honduras,Nicaragua,and Panama. Within Central America is the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot,which extends from northern Guatemala to central Panama. Due to the presence of several active geologic faults and the Central America Volcanic Arc,there is a high amount of seismic activity in the region,such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes,which has resulted in death,injury,and property damage.
Guatemala City,known nationally also as Guate,is the capital and largest city of Guatemala. It is also a municipality capital of the Guatemala Department and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country,nestled in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita.
The economy of Guatemala is a considered a developing economy,highly dependent on agriculture,particularly on traditional crops such as coffee,sugar,and bananas. Guatemala's GDP per capita is roughly one-third of Brazil's. The Guatemalan economy is the largest in Central America. It grew 3.3 percent on average from 2015 to 2018. However,Guatemala remains one of the poorest countries in Latin America and the Caribbean,having highly unequal incomes and chronically malnourished children. The country is beset by political insecurity,and lacks skilled workers and infrastructure. It depends on remittances for nearly one-tenth of the GDP.
The Guatemalan Armed Forces is the unified military organization comprising the Guatemalan Army,Navy,Air Force,and Presidential Honor Guard. The president of Guatemala is the commander-in-chief of the military,and formulates policy,training,and budget through the Minister of Defence. Day-to-day operations are conducted by the Chief of the General Staff.
Guatemala is mountainous,except for the south coastal area and the vast northern lowlands of Petén department. The country is located in Central America and bounded to the north and west by Mexico,to the east by Belize and by the Gulf of Honduras,to the east by Honduras,to the southeast by El Salvador,and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. Two mountain chains enter Guatemala from west to east,dividing the country into three major regions:the highlands,where the mountains are located;the Pacific coast,south of the mountains;and the limestone plateau of the Petén region,north of the mountains. These areas vary in climate,elevation,and landscape,providing dramatic contrasts between hot and humid tropical lowlands and highland peaks and valleys.
Antigua Guatemala,commonly known as Antigua or La Antigua,is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala. The city was the capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala from 1543 through 1773,with much of its Baroque-influenced architecture and layout dating from that period. These characteristics had it designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Antigua Guatemala serves as the capital of the homonymous municipality and the Sacatepéquez Department.
Rigoberta MenchúTum is a K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist,feminist,and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Menchúhas dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's Indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996),and to promoting Indigenous rights internationally.
The president of Guatemala,officially titled President of the Republic of Guatemala,is the head of state and head of government of Guatemala,elected to a single four-year term. The position of President was created in 1839.
The 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état deposed the democratically elected Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz and marked the end of the Guatemalan Revolution. The coup installed the military dictatorship of Carlos Castillo Armas,the first in a series of U.S.-backed authoritarian rulers in Guatemala. The coup was largely the result of a CIA covert operation code-named PBSuccess.
Carlos Humberto Ruiz Gutiérrez,initially nicknamed El Pescadito or "The Little Fish" but later became El Pescado or "The Fish",is a Guatemalan former professional footballer who played as a striker. A product of CSD Municipal's youth academy,Ruiz played for five MLS clubs,scoring 88 goals in 182 MLS regular-season matches and 16 goals in the post-season,which is the second most post-season goals in MLS history. In 2002,he was named the MLS's Most Valuable Player of the season.
The Guatemala national football team represents Guatemala in men's international football and is controlled by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. Founded in 1919,it has been affiliated to FIFA since 1946,as a member of CONCACAF.
The Belizean–Guatemalan territorial dispute is an unresolved territorial dispute between the states of Belize and Guatemala,neighbours in Central America. During the late 1600s and throughout the 1700s,Britain and Spain signed several treaties regarding territories in the Americas. Both nations agreed that the territory of modern-day Belize was under Spanish sovereignty though British settlers could use the land,in specific areas and for specific purposes. The area was never fully under British or Spanish rule at this time and the British settlers continually expanded far past the boundaries set by the treaties. When the Spanish Empire fell,Guatemala said that it inherited Spain's sovereign rights over the territory. Since independence Guatemala has claimed,in whole or in part,the territory of Belize.
Guatemala,officially the Republic of Guatemala,is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico,to the northeast by Belize,to the east by Honduras,and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically bordered to the south by the Pacific Ocean and to the northeast by the Gulf of Honduras.
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Guatemala,and is carried out by lethal injection and,to a lesser extent,the firing squad. The death penalty today remains only in Guatemala's military codes of justice,and was abolished for civilian offences in October 2017.
Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri is a Guatemalan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Bishop of Huehuetenango since 2012. He was the Bishop of San Marcos from 1988 to 2012.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Guatemala refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members in Guatemala. The first convert in Guatemala was baptized in 1948. As of December 31,2021,there were 287,475 members in 439 congregations in Guatemala. Guatemala ranks as having the 4th most members of the LDS Church in North America and 8th worldwide.
Vision with Values is a political party in Guatemala.
General elections were held in Guatemala on 16 June 2019,to elect the president,Congress and local councils. A second round of the presidential elections was held on 11 August 2019,since no candidate won a majority in the first round. Alejandro Giammattei won the election in the second round of voting.
Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla is a Guatemalan politician who served as the 51st president of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024.
