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10 April 2010
Guatemalans have suffered greatly in the past. During the eighties and early nineties Guatemala had a civil war and at least 200,000 people were brutally murdered.
Guatemala’s civil war finally ended in 1996 with the signing of the peace accords. In January 2003, a new right wing conservative government was elected in Guatemala defeating both the socialist and military dominated parties. Although their main policies are designed to boost the economy and attract international trade instead of promoting social and welfare programmes, the improvement in conditions which began in 1996 after the long civil war has continued.