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Guatemala Government 1996
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Administrative divisions:
22 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Alta Verapaz, Baja
Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala,
Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche,
Retalhuleu, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez,
Totonicapan, Zacapa
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
31 May 1985, effective 14 January 1986
suspended 25 May 1993 by President SERRANO; reinstated 5 June 1993 following
ouster of president
civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
18 years of age; universal
chief of state and head of government:
President Ramiro DE LEON Carpio (since 6 June 1993); Vice President Arturo
HERBRUGER (since 18 June 1993); election runoff held on 11 January 1991
(next to be held November 1995); results - Jorge SERRANO Elias (MAS) 68.1%,
Jorge CARPIO Nicolle (UCN) 31.9%
President SERRANO resigned on 1 June 1993 shortly after dissolving Congress
and the judiciary; on 6 June 1993, Ramiro DE LEON Carpio was chosen as the
new president by a vote of Congress; he will finish off the remainder of
SERRANO's term which expires 14 January 1996
Council of Ministers; named by the president
Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica):
by agreement of 11 November 1993, a special election was held on 14 August
1994 to select 80 new congressmen (next election to be held in November 1995
for full four year terms); results - percent of vote by party; FRG 40%, PAN
31.25%, DCG 15%, UCN 10%, MLN 2.5%, UD 1.25%; seats - (80 total) FRG 32, PAN
25, DCG 12, UCN 8, MLN 2, UD 1
on 11 November 1993 the congress approved a procedure that would reduce its
membership from 116 seats to 80; the procedure provided for a special
election in mid-1994 to elect an interim congress of 80 members to serve
until replaced in a general election in November 1995; the plan was approved
in a general referendum in January 1994 and the special election was held on
14 August 1994
Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia); additionally the Court
of Constitutionality is presided over by the President of the Supreme Court
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Political parties and leaders:
National Centrist Union (UCN), (vacant); Solidarity Action Movement (MAS),
Oliverio GARCIA Rodas; Christian Democratic Party (DCG), Alfonso CABRERA
Hidalgo; National Advancement Party (PAN), Alvaro ARZU Irigoyen; National
Liberation Movement (MLN), Mario SANDOVAL Alarcon; Social Democratic Party
(PSD), Mario SOLORZANO Martinez; Revolutionary Party (PR), Carlos CHAVARRIA
Perez; Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), Efrain RIOS Montt; Democratic
Union (UD)
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Other political or pressure groups:
Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial, and
Financial Associations (CACIF); Mutual Support Group (GAM); Agrarian Owners
Group (UNAGRO); Committee for Campesino Unity (CUC); leftist guerrilla
movement known as Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union (URNG) has four
main factions - Guerrilla army of the Poor (EGP); Revolutionary Organization
of the People in Arms (ORPA); Rebel Armed Forces (FAR); Guatemalan Labor
Party (PGT/O)
BCIE, CACM, CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-24, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC,
IOM, ITU, LAES, LAIA (observer), NAM, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNIDO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Diplomatic representation in US:
2220 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
[1] (202) 745-4952 through 4954
Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco
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US diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Marilyn McAFEE
7-01 Avenida de la Reforma, Zone 10, Guatemala City
three equal vertical bands of light blue (hoist side), white, and light blue
with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms includes
a green and red quetzal (the national bird) and a scroll bearing the
inscription LIBERTAD 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1821 (the original date of
independence from Spain) all superimposed on a pair of crossed rifles and a
pair of crossed swords and framed by a wreath
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