Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga shekara ta 1960 zuwa 1996, Guatemala ta jimre da yaƙin basasa mai zub da jini
yaƙi tsakanin gwamnatin da Amurka ta goyi baya da 'yan tawaye na hagu, gami da kisan kiyashi na mutanen Maya da sojoji suka aikata. Tun bayan yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya da Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta kulla, Guatemala ta sami ci gaban tattalin arziki da kuma nasarar gudanar da zaɓe na dimokiradiyya, kodayake tana ci gaba da gwagwarmaya da yawan talauci da aikata laifuka, da masu safarar miyagun ƙwayoyi, da rashin kwanciyar hankali., Guatemala tana matsayi na 31 daga cikin kasashe 33 na Latin Amurka da Caribbean dangane da Fihirisar Ci gaban Dan Adam.