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Which description best characterized the divisions within Guatemalan society during much of the civil war?

a struggle between corporate and public interests
a struggle between Europeans and mestizos
a struggle between rich and poor
a struggle between the government and the military

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A struggle between rich and poor.

The Guatemalan civil war (1960–1996) was largely driven by extreme socioeconomic inequality: military-backed governments and wealthy landowners/elite interests versus impoverished peasants and indigenous communities, many of whom supported leftist guerrillas.