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Freight transport was the main business of Ferrovías Guatemala. Guatemala rail map of 1925. Construction of the first railway in Guatemala commenced in 1878 [1] and the first section began operation in 1880, connecting Puerto San José and Escuintla, [1] [2] being extended to Guatemala City in 1884.
The Northern Railroad of Guatemala was a railway system that ran from Guatemala City to Puerto Barrios, the main port of Guatemala, between 1896 and 1968.The American United Fruit Company had the monopoly of the railway system through its affiliate, International Railways of Central America (IRCA), along with the docks at Puerto Barrios, the banana plantations in Izabal and the cargo and ...
The United States negotiated and ratified a similar treaty with these countries, called the Central American Free Trade Agreement. In a referendum on October 7, 2007, the voters of Costa Rica narrowly backed the free trade agreement with the U.S., with about 52 percent of "Yes" votes.
Santa Rosa de Lima (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta ˈrosa ðe ˈlima]) is one of the 14 municipalities in the Santa Rosa department of Guatemala. It had 18,019 inhabitants in 2012. It had 18,019 inhabitants in 2012.
ATR 72-500 of TAG Airlines, Guatemala's flag carrier at La Aurora International Airport. Guatemala has a total of 402 airports and airstrips. Among these, three are international: La Aurora International Airport located in Guatemala City, Mundo Maya International Airport in Santa Elena de la Cruz, and Western International Airport in ...
The Salta–Antofagasta railway, also named Huaytiquina, [2] is a non-electrified single track railway line that links Argentina and Chile passing through the Andes.It is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge railway with a total length of 941 km (571 in Argentina [3] and 330 in Chile), connecting the city of Salta (Argentina) to the one of Antofagasta (Chile), on the Pacific Ocean ...
The Guatemala City Railway Museum, officially Museo del Ferrocarril FEGUA, is located in the main railway station in Guatemala City, Guatemala. [ 1 ] The museum has a collection of steam and diesel locomotives, passenger carriages and other rolling stock and items connected with the railway.
She fell in love with the Cuban hero and poet José Martí when he arrived to Guatemala in 1876, and her untimely death gave rise to the legend of La Niña de Guatemala. Due to the similarity in their names, she is often confused with María Josefa. Guatemalan Poet José Batres Montúfar, piano pupil and friend of María Josefa García Granados.