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The Santa Catalina Arch is one of the distinguishable landmarks in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, located on 5th Avenue North. [1] Built in the 17th century, it originally connected the Santa Catalina convent to a school, allowing the cloistered nuns to pass from one building to the other without going out on the street.
Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño (29 July 1934 – 6 September 2021), also referred to as Doña Yoly, [1] was a Chilean-Guatemalan businesswoman and philanthropist.She managed the McDonald's franchise in Guatemala from its start in 1974 and is recognized for having introduced a concept for a small children's menu to the company that would lead to the creation of the "Happy Meal".
Spanish is the official language of Guatemala, and is spoken by 93% of the population. [1] Guatemalan Spanish is the local variant of the Spanish language.. Twenty-two Mayan languages are spoken, especially in rural areas, as well as two non-Mayan Amerindian languages: Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan language spoken on the Caribbean coast.
Bárcena, Villa Nueva, Guatemala Department: 2 A 21-year-old Basilio Martínez Avila killed two people with a machete at an agricultural school near Guatemala City. He wounded 15 others before being overpowered by other students. [1] [2] [3] Panzós massacre [4] May 29, 1978: Panzós: 30-60: Residents of village of Panzós were killed by the army
After a short democratic period, Guatemala suffered 36 years (1960-1996) of civil unrest, referred to as the Conflicto Armado or “armed conflict.” [14] [13] Learning in native indigenous languages was no longer allowed after 1965 when the Education Law declared Spanish as the official language of Guatemala educational instruction. [30]
Spanish is the official language. As a first and second language, Spanish is spoken by 93% of the population as second or third language. Twenty-one Mayan languages are spoken, especially in rural areas, as well as two non-Mayan Amerindian languages, Xinca , an indigenous language, and Garifuna , an Arawakan language spoken on the Caribbean coast.
Spanish: Hospital chaplain 2 August 1981 Abducted and disappeared [6] [8] [9] Carlos Ramiro Morales López, OP: Guatemalan: Parish priest of Rabinal: 21 January 1982 Assassinated [3] [6] James Alfred Miller, FSC: American: Teacher in Huehuetenango: 13 February 1982 Assassinated [21] Augusto Rafael Ramírez Monasterio, OFM: Guatemalan: Parish ...
[10] [12] Language lessons included individual and group recitation of Spanish texts and the copying of Mayan language and Spanish texts. [4] The program, which originally served Ixil speakers, later extended to rural communities of Guatemala's four major indigenous languages: Kʼicheʼ , Kaqchikel , Qʼeqchiʼ , and Mam .