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How were my countries’ governments similar/different to the US in structure and in how they dealt with issues?

1. Both Guatemala and the United States had a similar government type. The US has a Constitution Based Federal Republic and Guatemala has a Constitutional Democratic Republic. They centralize different things, but as a whole they govern almost exactly the same way as each other. A difference they have is that the U.S. has a biocameral legislative branch, and Guatemala has a Unicameral legislative branch.

2. When Gen Rios Montt was arrested, it said that government officials were relieved to have him on trial because when Rios Montt was ruling the country’s war was at it’s highest point. It also said that government officials considered in a victory when he was put on trial because they’d been waiting for the trial to happen for a while. In many ways I think this is the way that government officials feel when someone dangerous is put on trial. The only thing that makes me wonder is the fact that Gen Rios Montt was only put under house arrest. I’m not sure if that’s what the U.S. would do. I think they would put a criminal like this behind bars. Not that I know for sure, but I think the U.S. would give a slightly harsher punishment for a murderer and that house arrest wouldn’t do much good for someone like Rios Montt. In spite of that, I do think that the government officials would react the same way in this particular issue.