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Guatemala City—The Young Capital

Guatemala City—The Young Capital

A late bloomer of Latin America
written by David Jickling
Among Latin American capitals, Guatemala City is a later comer. Most of the major cities of Spanish America were founded in the 16th century, within a hundred years after the arrival of the Spanish. In contrast, Guatemala City was established at the end of the [...]