Guatemalan quetzal Guatemalan quetzal The quetzal (; code: GTQ) is the currency of Guatemala, named after the national bird of Guatemala, the resplendent quetzal. In ancient Mayan culture, the quetzal bird's tail feathers were used as currency. It is divided into 100 "centavos" or "lenes" in Guatemalan slang. The plural is "quetzales". The quetzal was introduced in 1925 during the term of President José María Orellana, whose image appears on the obverse of the one-quetzal bill. It replaced the peso. Until 1987, the quetzal was pegged to and domestically equal to the United States dollar and before the pegging to the US
Quetzal (band) a very inclusive manner. "This band functions as a core unit but it also functions as a family. And everybody in the band past and present is still a part of our family," said Flores, the son of farmworker-organizer social activists. Quetzal was featured in the soundtrack to the 2004 short film, "", from Visual Communications (VC). In 2013 the band won a Grammy for Best Latin Pop, Rock or Album. Martha Gonzalez and Quetzal Flores are co-producers of "Entre Mujeres," a cd released in 2012. Quetzal's creative and innovative music earned them an invitation to speak and perform in