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From 1524 to 1821 Guatemala was a Spanish captaincy-general, comprising the whole of Central America. It became independent in 1821 and formed part of the Confederation of Central America from 1823 to 1839, when Rafael Carrera dissolved the Confederation.
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The official gazette is called Diario de Centro America.
Adler, J. H., and others, Public Finance and Economic Development in Guatemala. Stanford Univ. Press, 1952
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Paxton, J. (1979). Guatemala. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271081_66
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