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| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Guatemala City, Antigua Guatemala and Quetzaltenango | |
| Languages | |
| Spanish and French. | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism and Protestantism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| French people, White Guatemalan, Guatemalans |
A French Guatemalan is a citizen of Guatemala who have French ancestry. Guatemalans of French descent make up the third largest European descended group in Guatemala, after the German Guatemalans and Spanish Guatemalans. According to the French alliance there are 1,776 French citizens in Guatemala in 2010, of which 779 are in Guatemala City[2].
History
The history of the French in Guatemala is divided into three periods of migratory waves.
The late of the eighteenth century
After the French Revolution, came capitalists and entrepreneurs to create coffee plantations in several countries of America, in Guatemala spanned throughout the altiplano[3]. Between 1789 and 1917, European policies fought for or against of the principles of 1789. In this regard France bring to the vocabulary programs, and liberal parties, the radical democratic most of the world and also in Guatemala. France bring influence to the next revolutionary movements in Hispaic America[4].
During the Independence era
The first French politicals immigrants were Nicolas Raoul, Isidoro Saget, Henri Terralonge official Aluard, Courbal, Duplessis, Gibourdel and Goudot. The immigration was due to the independence wars in Latin America. Later some French politicians moved to Guatemala City during the wars between liberals and conservatives. When the Federal Republic of Central America was divided, some French migrated to Costa Rica and Nicaragua although the majority remained in Guatemala. Bilateral relations between Guatemala and France began in 1827. Since then began to arrive politicians, scientists, artists, builders, traders, doctors, and singers plus some families, many of them was married with Guatemalan women, which caused an increase of Guatemalan people of French descent (both direct and mixed)[5].
In the tweenty century
Towards a census in 1900, there were 8,000 French people in Mesoamerica, Three quarters parts in Mexico and nearly a fifth in Guatemala[6]. With the arrival of the Guatemalan presidency of General José María Reina Barrios, who was educated in Paris, began a revival of diplomatic relations between France and Central America. In 1920, after the triumph of the Unionist movement, is founded in Guatemala City the Alliance Francaise, for initiative of several Guatemalan families of French origin[5].
Demography
Many Guatemalans of French descent still preserve the French language and contumbres and traditions of France. A agran majority belongs to the Catholic religion, there are minorities Protestant, Jews and muslims. Are estimated to live in Guatemala over 1,000 French, making it the largest French community in Central America.
Notable Guatemalan Germans
- Enrique Gómez Carrillo, writer descendant of great grandfather French.
- Consuelo de Sánchez Latour, women writer.
- Oscar Isaac Hernández Estrada, singer descendant of great grandmother French.
- Tony Revolori, american actor whit guatemalan and french ancestry.
- Harold Caballeros, evangelical pastor, his mother have french ancestry.
Guatemala–France relations
The language and arts
The French Alliance (in french alliance française) and the French Lycée Jules Verne are dedicated to the promotion of French culture and Francophone 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. The French Embassy in Guatemala provides bursaries and scholarships for France, also report information of Guatemala ain France and in Guatemala report information of France. The current French ambassador to Guatemala is Philippe Franc[8].
The French and Franco-Guatemalans Associations [9]
- Sección local de la Union de Franceses del Extranjero (U.F.E.)
- Sociedad Francesa de Beneficencia (S.F.B)
- Guatem’accueil
- Asociación de ex-estudiantes en Francia (A.E.F.)
- 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)
See also
References
- ^ Faces of diversity in Guatemala after the European emigrationRetrieved.16/04/2015
- ^ French Alliance in Guatemala
- ^ Wagner, Regina (noviembre de 2001). Histoire café du Guatemala. Bogota, D,C, Colombie: Anacafe. pp. 203, 207. ISBN 958-96982-8-X.
- ^ French Revolution and the impact in the world USAC. Retrieved 16/04/2015.
- ^ a b Asociación para el Fomento de los Estudios Históricos en Centroamérica (AFEHC) Relaciones entre Francia y Guatemala (1823-1954) Guatemala, 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ [1] México-France. ISBN:968-6029-78-8
- ^ French Culture in Guatemala-French AllianceRetrieved.16/04/2015
- ^ The French embassy in Guatemala
- ^ The French and Franco-Guatemalans Associations
Ancestral background of Guatemalan citizens | |
| Guatemalan native groups (Maya and others) | |
| Former and extinct | |
| Guatemalan mestizo | |
| Descendants of Europeans (white or Criollo) | |
| Descendants of Asians | |
| Afro-descendants | |
| Americas | |
