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Alguna de esta información es anecdotal, por lo que pido que me corrijan...
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Parte de los efectos especiales de "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", además de "The Chronicles of Riddick" y "The Ring 2" fueron hechas por Studio-C, una compañía guatemalteca.
Part of the special effects of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", and of "The Chronicles of Riddick" and "The Ring 2" where made by Studio-C, a Guatemalan company http://www.studioc-online.com 

Daphne Zuniga - la actriz que se hizo famosa en las comedias Sure Thing y Spaceballs, es de padre Guatemalteco
Daphne Zuniga - the actress that came to fame in the comedies Sure Thing and  Spaceballs, has a Guatemalan father
Hank Azaria, estrella de "Huff", "The Birdcage", "Godzilla" y una de las voces en "Los Simpsons" también es descendiente de Guatemaltecos
Hank Azaria, star of "Huff", "The Birdcage", "Godzilla", and one of the voices in "The Simpsons" is also of Guatemalan descent
El café instantáneo (soluble) fué inventado por un británico en Guatemala, en 1906
Instant (soluble) Coffee was invented by an englishman who lived in Guatemala, Mr. G. Washington
http://cocoajava.com/java_trivia.html  
Eadweard (o Edward James) Muybridge, el famoso fotógrafo de series en movimiento (personas corriendo, caballos galopando, etc.) también fotografió en Guatemala en 1876. Las fotografías están recopiladas en el libro "A Winter in Central America and Mexico" - por Helen Sanborn, Museo Popol Vuh, Guatemala
Eadweard (or Edward James) Muybridge, the famous photographer who made the series of people running, horses galloping, etc. also took photos of Guatemala in 1876. The photographs can be found in the book "A Winter in Central America and Mexico" by Helen Sanborn, Museo Popol Vuh, Guatemala
Guatemala tiene dos premios Nobel:
Miguel Antel Asturias, por Literatura en 1967
Rigoberta Menchú Tum por Paz en 1992
Guatemala has two Nobel prizes:
Miguel Angel Asturias, for Literature in 1967
Rigoberta Menchú Tum for Peace in 1992
Guatemala en las películas (tal como recuerdo, puedo estar equivocado)
Guatemala at the movies (as I remember it, I might be wrong)

The 40 Year Old Virgin, in this comedy, the female boss at the electronics store where the hero works, has a Guatemalan lover who sings to her in spanish.
The Birdcage (La Jaula de las Locas), where Hank Azaria is the Guatemalan housekeeper
Survivor Guatemala - The Maya Empire - installment of the american reality show
I don't remember if it was in "My favourite year" or "The Stunt Man", starring Peter O'Toole, where someone says that to find a virgin girl, he had to go to Guatemala.
List of Films that deal with Guatemala or Guatemalans (in swedish)
http://lakjer.dk/mikkel/glitteratur.shtml