Guatemala’s Mayans may create the hemisphere’s first indigenous-controlled nation-state

Evidence

In Guatemala, the Mayan people have survived the US-sponsored war and are now on the verge of creating the first nation-state in the hemisphere that is politically controlled by indigenous people (Smith, 1991; K. Warren, 1998). Even in Brazil, where Indians are a small percentage of the population, the indigenous people have created an antiracist movement that enjoys the support of the majority of Indians, whereas the black movement, as we have seen, is restricted primarily to a small number of urban intellectuals and middle-class Afro- Brazilians (Warren, in press). — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3666

Categorization

• QUESTION: Was this actually achieved? Status of Mayan political control in Guatemala since the 1990s worth verifying.
• XREF: Connects to broader literature on decolonization and indigenous sovereignty movements across the Americas.