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The Republic of Guatemala was established on 17 April, 1839, after having formed for 18 years part of the Confederation of Central America. The present Constitution came into effect 15 March, 1945. The legislative power is vested in a single-chambered National Assembly or Congress, consisting of representatives (one for every 50,000 inhabitants) chosen by direct popular vote for 4 years; one-half of Congress is renewed every 2 years. Deputies may not be re-elected until after one term has elapsed. The President is normally elected for 6 years, and barred from re-election for a period of 12 years, but President Ubico’s term, which expired in 1937, was, as the result of a plebiscite held in June, 1935, and through an amendment to the Constitution in September, 1941, extended to 15 March, 1949. A revolt in July, 1944, overthrew President Ubico, and in the 1945 Constitution the principle that no President shall immediately succeed himself is reaffirmed; in the event of any attempted transgression of it, the right of rebellion is expressly sanctioned. No member of the armed forces on the employed list may be elected to the presidency or to Congress.
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Books of Reference concerning Guatemala.
1. Official Publications
Department of Overseas Trade Reports. Annual series. London.
The official gazette is called Diario de Centro América.
Memoria de la Secretaría de Hacienda. Annual. Guatemala.
Memoria de la Secretaría de Fomento. Annual. Guatemala.
Constitución de la República de Guatemala decretada por la Asamblea nacional constituyente en 11 de Marzo de 1945. Guatemala City, 1945.
Colección de tratados de Guatemala, compilada por José Rodriguez Cerna. Vol. I. Pactos con el resto de Centro América. Guatemala, 1939.
2. Non-Official Publications
Report of Council of the Corporation of Foreign Bondholders. Annual. London. Fergusson (Erna), Quatemala. New York, 1937.
Jones (Chester L.), Guatemala, Past and Present. Minneapolis, 1940.
Kelsey (Vera) and Osborne (Lilly de J.), Four Keys to Guatemala. Rev. ed. New York, 1943.
Key (Helmer), Kaffee, Zucker und Bananen: Eine Reise nach Cuba und Guatemala. Munich, 1929.
Lentz (F. J.), Aus dem Hochlande der Maya. Stuttgart, 1930.
McBryde (F. W.), Cultural and Historical Geography of South-West Guatemala. Washington, 1947.
Mejia (J. V.), Geograña descriptive de la República de Guatemala. Guatemala, 1922.
Munoz (J.) and Ward (Anna B.), Guatemala, Ancient and Modern. New York, 1940.
Villacorta (J. A.), Monografia del Departamento de Guatemala. Guatemala, 1926.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1948). Guatemala. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270770_30
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