A constitution is ratified for Guatemala in…
1876 CE to 1887 CE
In 1880, Barrios is reelected President for a six-year term.
Barrios unsuccessfully attempts to get the United States of America to mediate the disputed boundary between Guatemala and Mexico.
Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras agree to re-form the Central American Union, but then Salvadoran President Rafael Zaldivar decides to withdraw, and sends envoys to Mexico to join in an alliance to overthrow Barrios.
Mexican President Porfirio Díaz fears Justo Rufino Barrios' liberal reforms and the potential of a strong Central America as a neighbor if Barrios' plans bear fruit.
Díaz sends Mexican troops to seize the disputed land of Soconusco.
Barrios, still harboring ambitions of reuniting Central America, takes Guatemala to war in an unsuccessful attempt to attain it, losing his life on the battlefield in 1885 against forces in El Salvador.
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