Social fission and ways of ethnocentrism in Guatemala

Guatemala can be considered as one of the most noteworthy countries in Latin American in terms of high percentages of indigenous population. Despite the cultural diversity and the Mayan roots, its complex social and historic process, and due to the rigors of its hard Armed internal Conflict, deep social splintering has developed between ladinos and indigenous groups. This paper seeks to establish one classification for the different ways of ethnocentrism in Guatemala that can be applied to similar societies in Latin America which have undergone a similar transculturation process. The instruments and methodology adopted are based mainly on the direct observation in field work, i.e. assessment by quantitative methodology of the closed questionnaire in different places of the country (rural and urban points).