In the attached document you can find a brief review of the events that took place in the year 1821, on the emancipation of Guatemala and Central America by signing the act of independence from Spain

Map of the United Provinces of Central America (Photo: Hispanoteca)

Due to the historical importance of this grain, and the socio-cultural implications, in addition to being an important pillar of the diet in Guatemala, August 13 has been decreed as the day of corn