Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Jigon wayewar Maya, wanda ya bazu ko'ina cikin Mesoamerica, ya kasance a tarihi a yankin Guatemala na zamani. A ƙarni na 16, yawancin wannan yankin Mutanen Espanya ne suka ci su
da kuma da'awar a matsayin wani ɓangare na viceroyalty na New Spain. Guatemala ta sami 'yancin kai a 1821 daga Spain da Mexico. A shekara ta 1823 Guatemala ta zama wani ɓangare na Tarayyar Tarayyar Amurka ta Tsakiya, wanda aka rushe ta 1841.