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Decree 900 (Spanish: Decreto 900), also known as the Agrarian Reform Law, was a Guatemalan land-reform law passed on June 17, 1952, during the Guatemalan Revolution. [1] The law was introduced by President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán and passed by the Guatemalan Congress.
The vara cuadrada or square vara is commonly used in land transactions in Guatemala and 10,000 square varas equal one manzana. [2] One square vara equals 0.6987 square meters (7.521 sq ft), while one manzana equals 6,987 square metres (1.727 acres). [2] The term cuerda can refer to areas of different sizes.
In Guatemala in 2010, 31% of the female population was illiterate. [32] In rural Guatemala, 70.5% are poor; women are more likely to be poor in the more rural areas. [33] Gammage argues that women in poor households engage more in domestic tasks and undertake more household maintenance, social reproduction and care work than men. [34]
Guatemala's high crime rate was a major issue in the campaign as it sits near the Mexican border that is a conduit for drug trafficking. Baldizon campaigned on the premise of having Guatemala's football team to the World Cup. He also promised to tackle poverty and crime, as well as assure workers an extra month's salary every year.
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.
The Catholic Church in Guatemala is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under spiritual leadership of the Pope, Curia in Rome and the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala. There are approximately 7.7 [ 1 ] million Catholics in Guatemala , which is about 46% of the total population of 17.1 million citizens.
The Guatemalan Civil War was a civil war in Guatemala which was fought from 1960 to 1996 between the government of Guatemala and various leftist rebel groups. The Guatemalan government forces committed genocide against the Maya population of Guatemala during the civil war and there were widespread human rights violations against civilians. [15]
Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala (National Football League of Guatemala), officially known as the Liga Guate Banrural for sponsorship reasons, formerly known as Liga Mayor "A" (Major League "A") is a professional football division in Guatemala, the highest one in the country. It is sanctioned by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de ...