IMPLICACIONES DE LOS ACUERDOS DE PAZ DE 1996 DE GUATEMALA EN LA BALANZA COMERCIAL, 1996-2006

in 1996, the guatemalan government and the guerrilla group guatemalan national revolutionary unit "urng", signed the so-called firm and lasting peace agreement, ending 36 years of armed conflict in the country. the peace agreement is composed of six fundamental issues and five operative issues, in order to facilitate its compliance and to diminish the economic, social and political causes that originated the conflict. however, a decade later, we find that the reasons for the conflict still exist; among them, the main cause is the insufficient investment in social matters that has existed in guatemalan history. for that reason, the purpose of this essay is to stress the importance of public investment in education, for the success of foreign trade and the commercial balance of a state.