Belgian Guatemalan
Belgian Guatemalan is a Guatemalan descendant of Belgian settlers with Germans senttlers who immigrated to the country in the Nineteenth century (including immigrants from the Netherlands and Luxembourg that arrived in Belgian ships), or Belgians who own businesses or industries today.
Colonization
In 1842, a Belgian company initiated a colony on the Caribbean coast of Guatemala, but the project failed.[1]
Demography
There are many Guatemalan descendants of Belgians who live in Santo Tomás or Guatemala City, and some have industries or are politicians, most have adopted the Spanish language but some yet speak the French and German. The majority religious affiliation is the Catholicism part of the Jesuit tradition brought by Belgians, others are Protestants, descendants of immigrants from the north of Flanders where there are some Protestant communities close to the border with the Netherlands.
Notable Belgian Guatemalans
- Óscar Berger, president of Guatemala (2004–2008)
- Other families with last names: Berger, Vassaux, Esmenjayd, Beckers, Rossingnon, Braun, De Guise, Putzeys, Capouillez, Latour and others.
References
- ↑ Faubert, Denis; Soldevila, Carlos (1969). Ulysses Guatemala (II ed.). Canada: Hunter publishing. pp. 299+304. ISBN 2-89464-175-3. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
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 Ethnic groups in Guatemala |
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| | Descendants of Europeans (whites or Criollos) | |
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| | Descendants of Asians | |
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| | Descendants of African slaves | |
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| | Recently immigration | |
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