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Captain General Jose de Bustamante (spain) ruled the Kingdom of Guatemala from 1811 to 1818 and repressed all moves toward independence,
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The Central American Federation dissolved in the civil war from 1838 to 1840.
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On July 4, 1944, Dictator Jorge Ubico Castañeda was forced to resign his office in response to a wave of protests and a general strike.
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General Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, was later also forced out of office on October 20, 1944
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On February 4, 1976, a major earthquake destroyed several cities and caused more than 25,000 deaths. In 1978, in a fraudulent election, General Romeo Lucas García assumed power.
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1979 saw the birth of two new guerrilla organizations
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In 1980, a group of indigenous K'iche' took over the Spanish Embassy to protest army massacres in the countryside.
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Guatemala has a new president.
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Elections of new president. President is unknown until now.