Guatemala History

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1523-1524 Guatemala turns into a Spanish colony.

1523 - 1524

Spanish adventurer Pedro De Alvarado defeats the indigenous Maya making Guatemala a Spanish colony
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1821 Guatemala becomes independent from Spain

1821

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1821 Guatemala becomes part of Mexico

1821

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1823 Guatemala becomes free from Mexico

1823

1823 Guatemala becomes part of the United Provinces of Central America,

1823

also include Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
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1839 Guatemala becomes fully independent.

1839

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1873-1885 Guatemala ruled by liberal President Justo Rufino Barrios

1873 - 1885

He modernises the country, develops the army and introduces coffee growing

1945 constitution was adopted

1945

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1960-1996 Guatemala Civil War

1960 - 1996

36 year civil war More than 200,000 were killed, or disappeared.
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1976 Massive earthquake strikes Guatemala

1976

27,000 people are killed and more than a million had their homes destroyed
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1981 Attack due to growing anti-government guerrilla activity.

1981

Around 11,000 people are killed by death squads and soldiers in response to growing anti-government guerrilla activity.
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2002 Guatemala and Belize agree on border

2002

Guatemala and Belize agree on draft settlement to their long-standing border dispute at talks brokered by Organization of American States (OAS).
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2003 Guatemala agrees on free trade agreement with US

2003

Guatemala - along with Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras - agrees on free-trade agreement with US.
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