The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ (since 14 January 2004); Vice President Eduardo STEIN Barillas

       (since 14 January 2004); note - the president is both the chief of

       state and head of government

       cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president

       elections: president elected by popular vote for a four-year term;

       election last held 9 November 2003; runoff held 28 December 2003

       (next to be held NA November 2007)

       election results: Oscar BERGER Perdomo elected president; percent of

       vote - Oscar BERGER Perdomo (GANA) 54.1%, Alvaro COLOM (UNE) 45.9%

      Legislative branch:

       unicameral Congress of the Republic or Congreso de la Republica

       (158 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year

       terms)

       elections: last held 9 November 2003 (next to be held NA November

       2007)

       note: for the 9 November 2003 election, the number of congressional

       seats increased from 113 to 158

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

       GANA 49, FRG 41, UNE 33, PAN 17, other 18

      Judicial branch:

       Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitutcionalidad is Guatemala's

       highest court (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); 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)

      Political parties and leaders:

       Authentic Integral Development or DIA [Eduardo SUGER]; Democratic

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

       [Oscar BERGER Perdomo]; Green Party or LOV [Rodolfo ROSALES

       Garcis-Salaz]; Guatemalan Christian Democracy or DCG [Vinicio CEREZO

       Arevalo]; Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity or URNG [Alba

       ESTELA Maldonado, secretary general]; 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 [Leonel

       LOPEZ Rodas, secretary general]; 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 [Alfredo SKINNER-KLEE, secretary

       general]; 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, 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), MIGA, MINUSTAH, NAM,

       OAS, ONUB, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOCI, UPU,

       WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO

      Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Guillermo CASTILLO 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 R. HAMILTON embassy: 7–01 Avenida Reforma, Zone 10, Guatemala City mailing address: APO AA 34024 telephone: [502] 2331–154⅕5 FAX: [502] 2334–8477

      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:

       Guatemala is the largest and most populous of the Central American

       countries with a GDP per capita roughly one-half that of Brazil,

       Argentina, and Chile. The agricultural sector accounts for about

       one-fourth of GDP, two-thirds of exports, and half of СКАЧАТЬ