Guatemala

 

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Guatemala
 
 
 
 
Population: 13,002,206 (July 2008 est.)

Official Languages: Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages)

Major Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs

Political Stability:

  • Government Type: constitutional democratic republic
  • Legal System: civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts
Literacy:
  • Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
  • Total Population: 69.1%
  • Male: 75.4%
  • Female: 63.3% (2002 est.)
Some Statistics:
  • Labour Force by Occupation:
    • Agriculture: 50%
    • Industry: 15%
    • Services: 35% (1999 est.)
  • Unemployment Rate: 3.2% (2005 est.)
  • Pop. Below Poverty Line: 56.2% (2004 est.)
Economic Overview:
  • 1996 signing of a peace treaty ended 36 years of civil war
  • working on reforms to country’s systems and macroeconomic stabilization
  • 2006: CAFTA came in force between US and Guatemala
  • distribution of wealth is uneven
  • 56% of the population is under the poverty line
  • struggle to increase government revenues, negotiate more business with foreign investors, stop drug trafficking, and narrow trade deficit
 

Geography:

  • Climate: tropical: hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands
  • Terrain: mainly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateaus
 

Top Products:

  • Agriculture: coffee, sugar, bananas
  • Industry: sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, metals, etc

Christian Perspective

For 49 years the nation has struggled with guerilla insurrections. The 1990 election of an evangelical president and vice president cost the jobs of 100,000 guerillas. They turned to assaulting, kidnapping, and robbing the people of Guatemala as a new means of financial support. The separation of Church and State has provided the general populace with religious freedom. Now ¼ of the population professes Christ.

Praise Points:

  • The signing of the peace treaty which ended 36 years of wa
  • The growing appreciation of the authorities towards the social work done by Christian organization
  • The continued growth of the Evangelical churc

Prayer Points:

  • Recognition of wrongs and atrocities committed during the war year
  • Pray for genuine faith and depth of relationship with God amongst the many convert
  • Pray that the people would turn away from their reintroduced Mayan beliefs

  

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