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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1996, Jan. 7 | |
| A presidential runoff was won by Alvaro Arzú Irigoyen of the Center-Right National Advancement Party. | 1 |
| Jan. 19 | |
| Pres. Irigoyen dismissed many military leaders for their involvement in human rights abuses. | 2 |
| Sept. 19 | |
| The Guatemalan government signed a major treaty with rebels in an effort to end the 36-year civil war, Central America's longest running armed conflict. On Dec. 29 the two sides signed a final peace agreement. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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