The Esquipulas II Accords to initiate a dialogue with the guerrilla forces are accepted
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The Esquipulas II Agreements are accepted
1987
The Esquipulas II Accords to initiate a dialogue with the guerrilla forces are accepted |
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Oil leads to dependency and instability
1982
1982. From 1982 on, the island nation’s heavy dependency on oil triggered serious problems and generated instability. Such outside hardships as worldwide recession and plummeting oil prices, as well as internal trouble like the shrinking domestic demand for fuel and gas, competition by major refineries set up along the U.S. southern and eastern coasts and across-the-board production decrease, combined to make a dent in the country’s economic and social stability. |
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Earthquake casualties
1974
Some earth tremors occurred in the month of February caused some 30,000 victims |
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Guerrilla forces set on an army patrol
1972
Guerrilla forces set on a military patrol in the Department of El Peten. |
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Control over staple exports
1968
Control over staple imports –save those coming from the Central American Common Market- is implemented |
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Rift about borderlines
1967
Meddling effort to solve a border rift between El Salvador and Honduras |
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Closing of the first Meeting of Central American Foreign Ministers
1965
The first Extraordinary Conference of Central American Foreign Ministers comes to an end |
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Diplomatic relations resume and guerrilla occupation takes place
1964
Diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic are reestablished after a brief interruption in 1961. Guerrilla warfare allowed the seizure of Parzos, Santa Rosa and A. Casaguastan in actions led by FAR guerrilla leader Luis Augusto Turcios Lima. |
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Military coup
1963
A military coup overthrows President Idigoras Fuentes. |
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Hurricanes play havoc with several cities
1961
Hurricanes Haiti and Simon play havoc with the cities of Izabal, El Peten Champerico, Alta and Baja Verapaz. |
