Enfoque cultural: Guatemala

General

Destination Guatemala: www.lonelyplanet.com.au/dest/cam/gua.htm

Guatemala City: www.travel.com.gt/ICdGuate.htm

Guatemala City: www.travelvantage.com/gua_cit.html

InfoGuatemala: www.infoguatemala.com/gt/e/

LANIC Guatemala: lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/guatemala

Latin World Guatemala: www.latinworld.com/centro/guatemala/index.html

Our People: A Meeting of Three Worlds: www.quetzalnet.com/QuetzalNET/OurPeople-real.html

Rigoberta Menchú

Homage to Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Quiche Mayan: www.indians.org/welker/menchu.htm

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive: www.almaz.com/nobel/nobel.html

Rigoberta Menchú: www.wagingpeace.org/articles/peaceheroes/rigoberta_menchu.html

Maya

Arte Maya Tz'utuhil Museum and Gallery: www.artemaya.com

Introducing the Maya Calendar: www.geocities.com/featherstonhaugh/maya.html

Maya Art and Books, International Photographic Archive of Maya Art: maya-art-books.org/default.html

Maya Calendar: www.halfmoon.org/calfork.html

Mayan Ruins: www.mayaruins.com

Newspapers

Newspapers Online Guatemala: www.newspapers.com/results.asp?country=GUATEMALA

Prensa Libre: www.prensalibre.com

Culture

The International Council of Museums: www.icom.org/vlmp/latin-america.html#Guatemala

Actividad cultural

Use the Web links on this page or others to complete the following items about Guatemala.

1		Where was Rigoberta Menchú born, and what happened to her family? In what year and why was she given the Nobel Peace Prize?
2		What are the geographical features of Guatemala? Locate the features on a map.
3		What are the major Mayan sites in Guatemala? Locate them on the map.