El Progreso ( ) is a department in Guatemala . The departmental capital is Guastatoya . The Spanish established themselves in the region by 1551 , after the Spanish conquest of Guatemala . El Progreso was declared a department in 1908 , but was dissolved in 1920 before being reestablished in 1934 . Guastatoya was badly affected by the 1976 Guatemala earthquake
1976 Guatemala earthquake
1976 Guatemala earthquake
El Progreso Department