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While Guatemala observed five months of daylight saving time in 2006, according to the Ministerio de Energía y Minas (MEM), nationwide energy consumption was reduced by 36 million kilowatt-hours, equivalent to monetary savings of Q64 million. Guatemala intended to observe daylight saving time the following year, but the plan never came through.
Gasolina (Gasoline) is a 2008 Guatemalan independent film written and directed by Julio Hernández Cordón.The film deals with dehumanization, lack of purpose and recklessness in Guatemalan youthfulness by following the exploits of three teenage boys who go out on a midnight joyride outside their housing project, stealing gasoline from other vehicles along the way.
Guatemala is heavily centralized. Transportation, communications, business, politics, and the most relevant urban activity takes place in Guatemala City. Guatemala City has about 2 million inhabitants within the city limits and more than 5 million within the wider urban area. This is a significant percentage of the population (14 million). [8]
The Chief of the General Staff (Spanish: Jefe del Estado Mayor) is the professional head of the Guatemalan Armed Forces. They are responsible for the administration and operational control of the military. It is the highest achievable commissioned officer rank that may be attained in the Guatemalan Armed Forces.
Volcán de Fuego (Spanish pronunciation: [bolˈkan de ˈfweɣo]; Spanish for "Volcano of Fire", often shortened to Fuego) or Chi Q'aq' (Kaqchikel for "where the fire is") is an active stratovolcano in Guatemala, on the borders of Chimaltenango, Escuintla and Sacatepéquez departments.
Coffee production began to develop in Guatemala in the 1850s. Coffee is an important element of Guatemala's economy. [1] Guatemala was Central America's top producer of coffee for most of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century, until being overtaken by Honduras in 2011. [1]
The 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état (Golpe de Estado en Guatemala de 1954) 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.
Lourdes Figueroa, Miss Guatemala 2009 and Miss World Guatemala 2011 Maribel Arana, Miss World Guatemala 2008. Miss Guatemala was founded in 1955 and sent its first winner to represent Guatemala at Miss Universe 1955. Guatemala's last placement was in the top 10 in 2010 by Jessica Scheel, top 40 at Miss World 2017 by Virginia Argueta, and Miss ...