Matías de Gálvez: The Hero Who Saved Guatemala in the Middle of a World War
This January 2 marked the 250th anniversary of the founding of Guatemala City. But its history has been marked by destruction. On July 29, 1773, as on so many occasions, the inhabitants of the Kingdom of Guatemala awoke startled by the violence of the earth’s movement. At dawn, the first rays of sunlight revealed the […]
Chapín: An Identity Built by Many Peoples
Guatemalan Identity and the Meaning of Being Chapín In Guatemala we have a national nickname: chapín. We pronounce it with pride, yet almost nobody asks where that word really comes from or what it means. The Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy defines mote as the nickname given to a person because of some quality […]