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Every case set in what is now Guatemala, best-known first. Cities, states and old kingdoms count under the country that holds them today.

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Cases in Guatemala

Best-known first. Each card opens the full cited case.

Cases
3
Years
1541 to 1971
Region
Latin America
Main subjects
Land and wealth transfer, Explorers, Native nations and islands
Updated
30 October 2026
Jacobo Arbenz 1951 (cropped): Presidente Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán durante su nombramiento como Comandante de las Fuerzas Armadas.1971 · Guatemala City and Finca El Cajón, Escuintla, GuatemalaArbenz's land law took 234,000 acres from United Fruit; after the 1954 coup the junta seized the Arbenz family farm, and Guatemala apologised to his family in 2011Decree 900, signed on 17 June 1952, made uncultivated land on large estates subject to redistribution, paid for in 25-year bonds at the value the owner had declared for tax.history.state.gov and 3 moreAI illustration: A mudflow from the Volcán de Agua sweeps over Santiago de los Caballeros, Guatemala, September 15411541 · Santiago de los Caballeros (Almolonga valley), GuatemalaPedro de Alvarado's widow took over his governorship of Guatemala and died in a mudflow two days laterPedro de Alvarado, conqueror and governor of Guatemala, was a widower of Francisca de la Cueva. In 1538, with a papal dispensation, he married her sister Beatriz in Spain.prensalibre.com and 3 moreEmpiezan las historias(Popol vuh): Title page of oldest known Popol Vuh manuscriptLegend · 1554 · Chichicastenango, Guatemala (where the book was kept)The Popol Vuh says twin boys found their dead father's ballgame gear hidden in the roof, and it led them to the lords of the underworld who had killed himThe Popol Vuh is the sacred book of the K'iche' Maya. Allen Christenson dates it to 1554 to 1558. The original is lost; the text survives in a copy made by the Dominican Francisco Ximénez in Chichicastenango in the early 1700s.mesoweb.com and 1 more