Axel 
Birthday
December 17, 2019
Age
Age: 4
Gender
Boy
Axel is 4 years old and lives in Guatemala.
I live with my father in the Guatemala area. The primary language where I live is Spanish. My father is regularly employed as a driver. I like art and/or drawing, ball games, clapping my hands and dancing. I am not attending school because I am too young.
Mountains and rugged highlands dominate much of Guatemala's landscape. The Pacific plain is a narrow belt between mountains and the ocean. In the southern highlands, the most populous region is Guatemala City and to the north is jungle.
More than half of Guatemalans descend from Mayan peoples and reflect the culture of their ancestors. The great Mayan empire flourished throughout much of Guatemala for over a thousand years but entered a period of decline and political turmoil from the 11th to the 15th century. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in 1523, the remaining cities and kingdoms were quickly conquered. In 1821, the country gained independence from Spain. Since then, Guatemala's politics have been marked by rivalries and insurgencies. After a series of coups, short-lived rulers and ever-increasing protests and repression, civil war erupted in the 1960s and lasted until a peace accord was signed in 1996. Since then, Guatemala has seen increased economic and political stability but continues to struggle with political discontent, crime and poverty.
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