In 1821, the Republic of Guatemala-which included the Soconusco region ( now part of southern Mexico ), as well as what are now the countries of El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica-had just 1.5 million inhabitants, mostly concentrated in the urban centers of the republic.
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With this state of affairs, the Central American Federation could not be carried out because it was liberal in nature and Guatemala's military power and that of its leader Carrera were invincible in his time; so much so, that Carrera eventually founded the Republic of Guatemala on March 21, 1847.
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"' Guatemala "'(, or; ), officially the "'Republic of Guatemala "'( ), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, Honduras to the east and El Salvador to the southeast.
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Since 1999, the government of the Republic of Guatemala has repeatedly attempted to resolve the conflict between the communities by fixing a border between their respective territories, but its efforts have been thwarted not only by continuing confrontations and land-invasions, but also by a misunderstanding of the complexity of indigenous systems of land-use and property.
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Given the fact that the coffee industry became the platform and engine of economic development in Guatemala, which in turn promoted and advanced other sectors such as the financial institutions and banking, public works, and the modernization of agriculture and manufacturing, the Ospina brothers were regarded as equals with the " " Founding Fathers " " of the Republic of Guatemala.
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He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Radiology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Health Physics and serving as an Examiner for both the Boards He served as a Technical Expert in Nuclear Medicine for the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) located in Vienna, Austria with field missions to the Republic of Bangladesh and the Republic of Guatemala in Central America.
