<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukufika kwabaseSpain eGuatemala kwaqala ngo - 1524 ngokunqotshwa kwaleyondawo ngaphansi komyalo kaPedro de Alvarado. Ngemva kokunqotshwa kanye nekoloni  <response>: Ngalesosikhathi, abantu abaningi babefika kuleli zwe, hhayi njengabanqobi, kodwa ukuze benze ibhizinisi noma benze imisebenzi yansuku zonke. Inxusa laseSpain eGuatemala City libika ukuthi kwakunabaseSpain abangaba ngu-9.311 ababehlala eGuatemala ngo-2014. Abokufika bokuqala baseYurophu abavela eGuatemala kwakungabaseSpain abanqoba abantu bomdabu abangamaMaya ngo-1524. Babusa cishe iminyaka engu-300. Nakuba ukunqoba kweSpain iGuatemala kwakubangelwa ngokuyinhloko ukuba kwayo namandla kwezobuchwepheshe, abaseSpain basizwa amaMaya ayesehileleke kakade emzabalazweni ononya wangaphakathi. Ngemva kwenkathi yokungazinzi kwezombangazwe eyandiswa ukuwa kwemakethe yomhlaba wonke ye-indigo, umkhiqizi oyinhloko esifundeni saseYurophu, isifundazwe ngasinye sahlukana nale nhlangano, kwaqala ngeCosta Rica. Le nhlangano yawa phakathi kuka-1838 no-1840, lapho iGuatemala iba isizwe esizimele. 