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
Mexico and the International Monetary Fund Mexico and the International Monetary Fund Mexico became a member of the International Monetary Fund on December 31, 1945, four days after the official establishment of the IMF. Since 1945, it has reached 8.912 billion special drawing rights (SDRs), which is 1.87% of the total amount of SDRs for the IMF. The governor is José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, and the country holds 90,591 votes. Two financial arrangements were approved for 47.292 billion SDR each year in 2012 and 2014. The latest financial agreement was approved on May 26, 2016, with 62.3889 billion SDRs approved. This financial arrangement with the IMF