French Guatemalan

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A French Guatemalan is a citizen of Guatemala who has French ancestry. Guatemalans of French descent make up the third largest European-descended group in Guatemala, after the

Spanish Guatemalans. According to the French embassy, as of 31 December 2010, there are 803 French citizens in Guatemala.[1]

History

The history of the French in Guatemala is divided into three periods of migratory waves.

The late eighteenth century

After the French Revolution, capitalists and entrepreneurs came to create coffee plantations in several countries of the Americas; in Guatemala, the first of these were situated in the department of San Marcos in the southern highlands.[2]

The French Revolution introduced new political concepts and aims which formed the basis for the platforms of the liberal, radical and democratic parties of most of the world and therefore of Guatemala. These ideas had great influence on revolutionary movements on Hispanic America.[3]

Independence era

French veterans of the

conservatives. When the Federal Republic of Central America was divided, some French migrated to Costa Rica and Nicaragua
although the majority remained in Guatemala.

Twentieth century

It is estimated that by 1900 there were approximately 8,000 French immigrants in

Alliance Francaise in Guatemala City.[4]

Demography

Many Guatemalans of French descent still preserve the

Protestant, Jewish and Muslim minorities. Over 800 French people are estimated to live in Guatemala, making it the third largest French community in Central America, behind Panama and Costa Rica
.

Notable French Guatemalans

  • Alberto Fuentes Mohr (1927-1979) economist and politician, served as finance and foreign minister during the 1960s and was assassinated on 25 January 1979 for his social democratic ideas during the right-wing military repression of the General Romeo Lucas regime. His grandfather was Guillaume Mohr Laurent, French migrant and one of the pioneers in the cultivation of coffee on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala.
  • Edmond Mulet, Guatemalan diplomat. Last Chief of Staff to former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
  • Enrique Gómez Carrillo, writer, descendant of French great-grandfather
  • Consuelo de Sánchez Latour
    (1924-2015), writer, chronicler, and journalist.
  • Oscar Isaac Hernández Estrada, singer, actor, Golden Globe Award nominee, descendant of French great-grandmother
  • Harold Caballeros, evangelical pastor whose mother has French ancestry
  • Francisca Aparicio de Roda, wife of Justo Rufino Barrios
    , of Spanish, French and Swiss origin.
  • Walter Claverí, footballer and football coach, descendant of French grandfather.[6]

Guatemala–France relations

The language and arts

department of Guatemala
.

The

French culture and Francophonie in Guatemala in its various expressions: performing arts (music, theater, dance), visual arts (exhibitions, performances, film), lectures, discussions (literature, debates) and training (workshops, residences).[7]

The French Embassy in Guatemala

The French Embassy in Guatemala is responsible for maintaining both cultural and diplomatic relations between France and Guatemala. It provides grants and scholarships for study in France. The current French ambassador to Guatemala is Philippe Franc.[8]

French and Franco-Guatemalan associations

There are several associations:[9]

  • Sección local de la Union de Franceses del Extranjero (UFE)
  • Sociedad Francesa de Beneficencia (SFB)
  • Guatem’accueil
  • Asociación de ex-estudiantes en Francia (AEF)
  • Establecimiento escolar francés Lycée Jules Verne
  • Alianza francesa de Guatemala
  • Alianza francesa de la Antigua
  • Alianza francesa de Quetzaltenango
  • Antena del Centro francés de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos (CEMCA)

Education

Lycée Français Jules Verne, a French international school, is located in Fraijanes, Guatemala.[10]

See also

References

  1. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international
  2. ISBN 958-96982-8-X
    .
  3. ^ Valenzuela Guzmán, Maribel Alejandrina (October 2008). "La Revolución francesa" (PDF). Biblioteca Central, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
  4. ^ a b c Asociación para el Fomento de los Estudios Históricos en Centroamérica (AFEHC) Relaciones entre Francia y Guatemala (1823-1954) Archived 2017-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Guatemala, 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  5. ISBN 968-6029-78-8
  6. ^ Fajardo, Edwin (9 February 2016). "Wálter Claverí es un pedagogo por excelencia". Prensa Libre.
  7. ^ French Culture in Guatemala-French Alliance Retrieved.16/04/2015
  8. ^ The French embassy in Guatemala
  9. ^ "The French and Franco-Guatemalans Associations". Archived from the original on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  10. ^ "Lieu et accès." Lycée Français Jules Verne. Retrieved on 18 January 2015. ""1a Avenida 2-62 Zona1, Aldea Don Justo Km. 18.5 a San Jose Pinula 01062 FRAIJANES"
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