The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -

       GANA 49, FRG 42, UNE 33, PAN 16

      Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (thirteen

       members serve concurrent five-year terms and elect a president of

       the Court each year from among their number; the president of the

       Supreme Court of Justice also supervises trial judges around the

       country, who are named to five-year terms); Constitutional Court or

       Corte de Constitutcionalidad (five judges are elected for concurrent

       five-year terms by Congress, each serving one year as president of

       the Constitutional Court; one is elected by Congress, one elected by

       the Supreme Court of Justice, one appointed by the President, one

       elected by Superior Counsel of Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala,

       and one by Colegio de Abogados)

      Political parties and leaders:

       Authentic Integral Development or DIA [Eduardo SUGER]; Democratic

       Union or UD [Rodolfo PAIZ Andrade]; Grand National Alliance or GANA

       [leader NA]; Green Party or LOV [Rodolfo ROSALES Garcis-Salaz];

       Guatemalan Christian Democracy or DCG [Vinicio CEREZO Arevalo];

       Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity or URNG [Secretary General

       Alba ESTELA Maldonado]; Guatemalan Republican Front or FRG [Efrain

       RIOS Montt]; Movement for Guatemalan Unity or MGU [Jacobo ARBENZ

       Villanueva]; Movement for Principals and Values or MPV [Francisco

       BIANCHI]; National Advancement Party or PAN [Secretary General

       Leonel LOPEZ Rodas]; National Unity for Hope or UNE [Alvarado COLOM

       Caballeros]; New Nation Alliance or ANN, formed by an alliance of

       DIA, URNG, and several splinter groups most of whom subsequently

       defected [led by three co-equal partners - Nineth Varenca MONTENEGRO

       Cottom, Rodolfo BAUER Paiz, and Jorge Antonio BALSELLS TUT]; Patriot

       Party or PP [retired General Otto PEREZ Molina]; Progressive

       Liberator Party or PLP [Acisclo VALLADARES Molina]; Reform Movement

       or MR [Secretary General Alfredo SKINNER-KLEE]; Unionista Party

       [leader NA]

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

       Agrarian Owners Group or UNAGRO; Alliance Against Impunity or AAI;

       Committee for Campesino Unity or CUC; Coordinating Committee of

       Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial, and Financial Associations or

       CACIF; Mutual Support Group or GAM

      International organization participation:

       BCIE, CACM, ECLAC, FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU,

       ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM,

       ISO (correspondent), ITU, LAES, LAIA (observer), NAM, OAS, OPANAL,

       PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO,

       WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

      Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Antonio Fernando ARENALES Forno chancery: 2220 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 consulate(s) general: Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco FAX: [1] (202) 745–1908 telephone: [1] (202) 745–4952

      Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador John Randle HAMILTON embassy: 7–01 Avenida Reforma, Zone 10, Guatemala City mailing address: APO AA 34024 telephone: [502] 331–154⅕5 FAX: [502] 334–8477

      Flag description:

       three equal vertical bands of light blue (hoist side), white, and

       light blue with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the

       coat of arms includes a green and red quetzal (the national bird)

       and a scroll bearing the inscription LIBERTAD 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE

       1821 (the original date of independence from Spain) all superimposed

       on a pair of crossed rifles and a pair of crossed swords and framed

       by a wreath

      Economy Guatemala

      Economy - overview:

       The agricultural sector accounts for about one-fourth of GDP,

       two-thirds of exports, and half of the labor force. Coffee, sugar,

       and bananas are the main products. Former President ARZU (1996–2000)

       worked to implement a program of economic liberalization and

       political modernization. President PORTILLO has continued the

       liberalization program but with more sporadic results. The 1996

       signing of the peace accords, which ended 36 years of civil war,

       removed a major obstacle to foreign investment, but numerous

       corruption scandals associated with the PORTILLO administration have

       dampened investor confidence. The distribution of income remains

       highly unequal, with perhaps 75% of the population below the poverty

       line. Ongoing challenges include increasing the government revenues,

       negotiating further assistance from international donors, upgrading

       both government and private financial operations, and narrowing the

       trade deficit. A free trade agreement between the US and Central

       American countries promises greater access to US and neighboring

       markets.

      GDP:

       purchasing power parity - $53.2 billion (2002 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

       2.2% (2002 est.)

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