The university tradition in Guatemala and Central America goes back to the 17th century, when the University of San Carlos was founded on 31 January 1676 by Royal Decree of Carlos II in the colonial capital of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala.The Royal University of San Carlos became the third Royal College founded in Spanish America and it was consecrated by …

The University of San Carlos, also referred to by its acronym USC or colloquially shortened to San Carlos, is a private, Catholic, research, coeducational basic and higher education institution administered by the Philippine Southern Province of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) missionaries in Cebu City, Philippines since 1935. It offers basic education (Montessori …

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The history of Guatemala begins with the Maya civilization (300 BC – 250 AD), which was among those that flourished in their country. The country's modern history began with the Spanish conquest of Guatemala in 1524. Most of the great Classic-era (250 – 900 AD) Maya cities of the Petén Basin region, in the northern lowlands, had been abandoned by the year 1000 AD.

Capitanía General de Guatemala es el nombre por el que se conoce a la entidad territorial (integrante del Imperio español, y a su vez de la Corona española en su período de dominio americano) llamada Reino de Guatemala que era administrada por la Real Audiencia de Guatemala (la cual estaba encabezada por un presidente que era designado por el monarca …

La ciudad de Antigua Guatemala, cuyo nombre oficial e histórico fue Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala (1542-1776), es cabecera del departamento de Sacatepéquez, Guatemala; se ubica a aproximadamente 25 kilómetros al oeste de la ciudad de Guatemala, y a una altitud de 1470 m s. n. m. Actualmente la ciudad se ubica dentro de las …

San Marcos es uno de los veintidós departamentos que conforman Guatemala, se encuentra situado en la región suroccidental de Guatemala.Su extensión territorial es de 3.791 kilómetros cuadrados. Limita al norte con Huehuetenango, al sur con el océano Pacífico y Retalhuleu, al este con Quetzaltenango; y al oeste con el estado mexicano de Chiapas.

Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo, or Misión de San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, first built in 1797, is one of the most authentically restored Catholic mission churches in California. Located at the mouth of Carmel Valley, California, it is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark.. From 1797 until 1833, Carmel Mission …

The Guatemalan Civil War was a civil war in Guatemala fought from 1960 to 1996 between the government of Guatemala and various leftist rebel groups. The government forces have been condemned for committing genocide against the Maya population of Guatemala during the civil war and for widespread human rights violations against civilians. The context of the struggle …

Carlos Castillo Armas (locally ['kaɾlos kas'tiʝo 'aɾmas]; 4 November 1914 – 26 July 1957) was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who was the 28th president of Guatemala, serving from 1954 to 1957 after taking power in a coup d'état.A member of the right-wing National Liberation Movement (MLN) party, his authoritarian government was closely allied with the United States.