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Guatemala

1. CEH Online Report: Guatemala: Memory of Silence
2. CIA World Factbook: Guatemala
3. Ethnologue Language Database: Guatemala
4. Guatemala Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006
5. Maps of the Americas
6. Political Resources on the Net: Guatemala
7. VolcanoWorld Volcano Index
8. World Travel Guide: Guatemala

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CEH Online Report: Guatemala: Memory of Silence

Report examining the causes and origins of the internal armed confrontation in Guatemala, the strategies and mechanisms of the violence and its consequences and effects.
     Author: CEH Online Report, AAAS Science and Human Rights Program
     Subjects: guatemala
     DeweyClass: 972.81
     Resource type: document

CIA World Factbook: Guatemala

Basic reference information about Guatemala, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co-ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
     Author: CIA
     Subjects: guatemala
     DeweyClass: 917.281
     Resource type: document

Ethnologue Language Database: Guatemala

A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Guatemala, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
     Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
     Subjects: guatemala
     DeweyClass: 409.7281
     Resource type: document

Guatemala Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006

Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Guatemala. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
     Author: US Department of State
     Subjects: guatemala
     DeweyClass: 323.7281
     Resource type: document

Maps of the Americas

Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering Canada, all the countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
     Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
     Subjects: antigua and barbuda, argentina, bahamas, barbados, belize, bermuda, bolivia, brazil, canada, canadian geography, caribbean, central america, chile, colombia, costa rica, cuba, dominica, dominican republic, ecuador, el salvador, grenada, guatemala, guyana, haiti, honduras, jamaica, mexico, nicaragua, panama, paraguay, peru, saint kitts nevis, saint lucia, saint vincent, south america, suriname, trinidad and tobago, uruguay, venezuela, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912.7
     Resource type: map collection

Political Resources on the Net: Guatemala

Listing of political resources relevant to Guatemala, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
     Author: Torre Argentina Societa di Servizi - Agora telematica Division
     Subjects: guatemala
     DeweyClass: 320.97281
     Resource type: documents, index

VolcanoWorld Volcano Index

Photographs, latitude and longitude, height, date of last eruption and descriptive information about numerous active volcanoes in over 40 countries in the world.
     Author: North Dakota University
     Subjects: antarctic, australian geography, bolivia, cameroon, cape verde, chad, chile, china, colombia, comoros, congo democratic republic, costa rica, dominica, ecuador, el salvador, ethiopia, greece, guatemala, iceland, india, indonesia, iran, italy, japan, kenya, libya, mexico, micronesia, mountaineering, new zealand, nicaragua, niger, papua new guinea, peru, philippines, rwanda, saint vincent, saudi arabia, solomon islands, spain, sudan, tanzania, turkey, uganda, volcanoes, zaire
     DeweyClass: 551.21
     Resource type: images, reference data

World Travel Guide: Guatemala

Basic reference information about Guatemala, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
     Author: Columbus Press
     Subjects: guatemala
     DeweyClass: 917.281
     Resource type: documents