Annual defense budget: $181m 

Defense spending trend: Down 2% in 2002

A damning "truth commission" report in 1999 found the armed forces and their allies guilty of 93% of human rights violations during the civil war. The army remains largely unreformed and a potent sociopolitical force.

GUATEMALAN ARMED FORCES

Army
		No main battle tanks		29,200 personnel
Navy
		29 patrol boats		1500 personnel
Air force
		10 combat aircraft (4 Cessna A-37B, 6 PC-7)		700 personnel
Nuclear capability
		None

From "The Financial Times World Desk Reference" © Dorling Kindersley 2004