CRUZANDO la FRONTERA de GUATEMALA y HONDURAS

I took a trip to Guatemala to cross the border. Guatemala's geography offers a wide variety of climates despite its small land area, largely due to its mountainous terrain, with altitudes ranging from sea level to 4,220 meters above sea level. This contributes to the country's diverse ecosystems, from the mangroves of the Pacific wetlands to mountain forests. The country has a surface area of ​​108,889 km². The official language is Spanish, although it is a multicultural and multilingual country with twenty-two Mayan languages, as well as languages ​​such as Xinca and Garifuna, commonly spoken in the Caribbean department of Izabal, although both are considered endangered. The territory where Guatemala is currently located is part of the area known as Mesoamerica, and it is here that a significant portion of the Mayan culture began to develop. For this reason, it is also known as the "heart of the Mayan world," and this civilization spread to neighboring countries. After the conquest of Guatemala, this territory became part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain as the Captaincy General of Guatemala. Following Guatemala's independence in 1821, the provinces that made up the then Kingdom of Guatemala, which encompassed the present-day countries of El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, accepted the invitation of the Emperor of Mexico, Agustín de Iturbide, to join the First Mexican Empire, a political entity that would not last long. After the dissolution of the empire, Guatemala became part of the Federal Republic of Central America, along with the aforementioned Central American countries. Guatemala's current form of government was established in 1847, when the Republic of Guatemala was proclaimed and the country began to open up to neighboring nations, establishing diplomatic relations with some world powers. In 1871, a liberal reform triumphed, but was followed by a series of dictatorial and undemocratic regimes that lasted until 1944, the year in which the Guatemalan Revolution of 1944 broke out. This revolution lasted until 1954, when a coup d'état retook power and plunged the country into a civil war, also known as "the internal armed conflict in Guatemala," which began in 1960 and ended in 1996. In the 21st century, Guatemala has a relatively stable economic policy that currently ranks as the ninth largest economy in Latin America.[12] However, levels of poverty and income inequality remain high.[13] Therefore, Guatemalans seek to promote the basic principles of the common good, solidarity, and subsidiarity, and economic and social development—access to food, clothing, health, work, education and culture, etc.—supported by for the promotion by its national public authorities of private and associated initiatives to improve the living conditions of Guatemalans, married couples and their families.[14