1984 Edition

Agriculture

sugarcane, bananas, pineapples, vegetables

main products — coffee, cotton, corn, beans, sugarcane, bananas, livestock

Aid

economic — bilateral ODA and OOF commitments (1970-79) from Western (nonUS) countries, $2.4 billion; no military aid

economic commitments — US, including Ex-Im (FY70-82), $275 million; from other Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF (1970-81), $122 million; military — assistance from US (FY70-79), $22 million

Airfields

8 total, 8 usable, 8 with permanentsurface runways; 1 with runways 2,4403,659m

494 total, 452 usable; 11 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 19 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Branches

executive, Prefect appointed by Paris; legislative, popularly elected General Council of 36 members and a Regional Council composed of members of the local General Council and the locally elected deputies and senators to the French parliament; judicial, under jurisdiction of French judicial system

traditionally dominant executive; unicameral legislature (National Congress) abolished 23 March 1982; power vested in Office of President; seven-member (minimum) Supreme Court

Army, Navy, Air Force

Budget

$198 million (1981)

Capital

Basse-Terre

Guatemala

Central government budget

(1982 est.) expenditures, $1.11 billion; revenues, $749 million

Civil air

2 major transport aircraft

10 major transport aircraft

Coastline

306 km People

400 km People

Communists

3,000 est.

Guatemalan Labor Party (PGT); main radical left guerrilla groups — Guerrilla Army of the Poor (EGP), Revolutionary Organization of the People in Arms (ORPA), Rebel Armed Forces (FAR), and PGT Dissidents

Elections

General Council elections are normally held every five years; last General Council election took place in June 1981; regional assembly elections held February Political parties and leaders: Rassemblement pour la Republique (RPR), Gabriel Lisette; Communist Party of Guadeloupe (PCG), Henri Bangou; Socialist Party (MSG), leader unknown; Progressive Party of Guadeloupe (PPG), Henri Rodes; Independent Republicans; Federation of the Left; Union for French Democracy (UDF); Union for a New Majority (UNM)

last elections (President and Congress) 7 March 1982 Political parties and leaders: political parties preparing to contest elections for a constituent assembly in July 1984; national elections tentatively scheduled for July 1985; Democratic Institutional Party (PID), Oscar Humberto Rivas Garcia; Revolutionary Party (PR), Napoleon Alfaro; National Liberation Movement (MLN), Mario Sandoval Alarcon; Guatemalan Christian Democratic Party (DCG), Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo; Nationalist Authentic Central (CAN), Francisco Caceres; National United Front (FUN), Gabriel Giron Ortiz; Nationalist Renovator Party (PNR), Mario Castejon; United Revolutionary Party (FUR), Edmundo Lopez Duran

Electric power

80,000 kW capacity (1983); 273 million kWh produced (1983), 901 kWh per capita

655,000 kW capacity (1983); 1.8 billion kWh produced (1983), 235 kWh per capita

Ethnic divisions

90% black or mulatto; 5% Caucasian; less than 5% East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese

58.6% Ladino (mestizo and westernized Indian), 41.4% Indian

Exports

$89.2 million (1981); bananas, sugar, rum

$1.1 billion (f .o.b., 1983); coffee, cotton, sugar, bananas, meat

Fiscal year

calendar year Communications

calendar year Communications

Fishing

catch 4,898 metric tons (1980)

GDP

$1.18 billion (1980), $3,765 per capita; real growth rate 15.7% (1979-80 average)

$8.6 billion (1982 est), $1,114 per capita; 79% private consumption, 8% government consumption, 16% domestic investment(1980), -3% net foreign balance (1980); average annual real growth rate (1975-80), 5.7%; real growth rate 1982, -3.5%

Government leader

Robert MIGUET, Prefect of the Republic

Maj. Gen. Oscar Humberto MEJIA Victores, Chief of State, since coup of 8 August 1983, which removed President Brig. Gen. Jose Efrain RIOS MONTT

GUADELOUPE

s Caribbean Sea Land 1,779 km2; area consists of two islands; 47% waste and built on; 24% crop; 16% forest; 9% pasture; 4% potential crop Water

Highways

1,954 km total; 1,600 km paved, 340 km gravel and earth Guadeloupe (continued) Guatemala

26,429 km total; 2,851 km paved, 11,438 km gravel, and 12,140 unimproved

Imports

$560 million (1981); vehicles, foodstuffs, clothing and other consumer goods, construction materials, petroleum products

$1.12 billion (c.i.f., 1983); manufactured products, machinery, transportation equipment, chemicals, fuels

Inland waterways

260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season

Labor force

120,000; services, government, and commerce 53%; industry 25.8%; agriculture 21.2%

Land boundaries

1,625 km Water

Language

French, Creole patois

Spanish, but over 40% of the population speaks an Indian language as a primary tongue (18 Indian dialects, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi)

Legal system

French legal system; highest court is a court of appeal based in Martinique with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique

civil law system; constitution came into effect 1966; constitution suspended following March 1982 coup; judicial review of legislative acts; legal education at University of San Carlos of Guatemala; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Limits of territorial waters (claimed)

12 nm (fishing 200 nm; exclusive economic zone 200 nm)

12 nm (fishing 200 nm; 200 nm exclusive economic zone)

Literacy

over 70%

50% Labor force (1980): 2.2 million; 53.3% agriculture, 14.3% services, 14.1% manufacturing, 8.3% commerce, 5.9% construction, 3.2% transport, 0.5% mining, 0.4 utilities; unemployment 15%

Major industries

construction, cement, rum, light industry, tourism

food processing, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, nonmetallic minerals, metals

Major trade partners

exports — 88% franc zone; imports — 73% franc zone, 3% Italy (1981)

exports (1979) — 31% US, 26% CACM, 10% FRG, 9% Japan; imports (1979)— 33% US, 15% CACM, 10% Venezuela, 10% Japan, 6% FRG

Member of

WFTU Economy

CACM, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDE — Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL.IRC, ISO, ITU, IWC— International Wheat Council, OAS, ODECA, PAHO, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPEB, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO Economy

Military budget

proposed for fiscal year ending 31 December 1983, $142.5 million; 10.8% of central government budget

Military manpower

males 15-49, 87,000 Land 108,780kmz; 57% forest; 14% cultivated; 10% pasture; 19% other

males 15-49, 1,884,000; 1,279,000 fit for military service; about 87,000 reach military age (18) annually

Monetary conversion rate

8.445 French francs=US$l (February 1984)

1 quetzal=US$l (official; February 1984)

National holiday

Independence Day, 15 September

Nationality

noun — Guadeloupian(s); adjective — Guadeloupe

noun — Guatemalan(s); adjective — Guatemalan

Official name

Department of Guadeloupe

Republic of Guatemala

Organized labor

1 1 % of labor force Government

6.4% of labor force (1975) Government

Other political or pressure groups

Guadeloupe Liberation Army (GLA), Caribbean Revolutionary Alliance (ARC), Popular Movement for Independent Guadeloupe (MPGI)

Federated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACIF)

Pipelines

crude oil, 48 km

Political subdivisions

3 arrondissements; 34 communes, each with a locally elected municipal council

22 departments

Population

332,000 (July 1984), average annual growth rate 0.2%

7,956,000 (July 1984), average annual growth rate 3.1%

Ports

1 major (Pointe-a-Pitre), 3 minor

2 major (San Jose and Santo Tomas de Castilla), 3 minor

Railroads

privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines

870 km 0.914-meter gauge, single tracked; 780 km government owned, 90 km privately owned

Religion

95% Roman Catholic, 5% Hindu and pagan African

predominantly Roman Catholic; also Protestant, traditional Mayan

Suffrage

universal over age 18

universal over age 18, compulsory for literates, optional for illiterates

Telecommunications

domestic facilities inadequate; 50,200 telephones (15.7 per 100 popl.); interisland radio-relay to Antigua, Dominica, and Martinique; 2 AM, 3 FM, and 9 TV stations Defense Forces Defense is responsibility of France

fairly modern telecom network centered on Guatemala City; 81 ,600 telephones ( 1 . 6 per 1 00 popl. ); 98 AM, 20 FM, and 25 TV stations; connection into Central American microwave net; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station Defense Forces

Type

overseas department and region of France; represented by three deputies in the French National Assembly and two senators in the Senate; last Assembly election, 21 June

republic

Voting strength

(1981 election) French National Assembly— MSG, 1 seat; PCG, 1 seat; UDF, 1 seat

(1982) for President— PID/PR/FUN, 377,792 (35.2%); MLN, 274,217 (25.5%); PNR/DCG, 220,244 (20.5%); CAN, 98,747 (9.2%)