Mataquescuintla
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Mataquescuintla is a town and municipality in the Jalapa department of south-east Guatemala. It covers 262 square kilometres.
Mataquescuintla seen from Miramundo and Pino Dulce
Doctor Mariano Gálvez during his time as Head of State of Guatemala (1831-1838)
A two real coin with the image of General Rafael Carrera, president of Guatemala between 1844 and 1865 and founder of the Republic of Guatemala in 1847. He was the first mestizo ruler of Latin America, and used Mataquescuintla as the center of operations for his military actions; he had the support of the mestizo and indigenous peasants of the region.
Rafael Carrera
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José Rafael Carrera y Turcios was the president of Guatemala from 1844 to 1848 and from 1851 until his death in 1865, after being appointed president for life in 1854. He ruled during the establishmen
Mataquescuintla
…Mataquescuintla played a significant role during the first half of the nineteenth century, when it was the center of operations of conservative general Rafael Carrera, who led a Catholic peasant revolution against the liberal government of Mariano Gálvez in 1838, and then ruled Guatemala from 1840 until his death in…
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State Coat of Los Altos, carved in stone on the grave of heroes in the Cemetery of Quetzaltenango
General Francisco Morazán tried to invade Guatemala for the second time in 1840 after having invaded in 1829 and expelled members of the Aycinena clan and regular orders. In 1840 he was defeated overwhelmingly by Carrera, marking the end of his career in Central America
Santo Tomás de Castilla bay