Olmec colossal heads the monuments with ropes. Two heads from San Lorenzo have traces of niches that are characteristic of monumental Olmec thrones and so were definitely reworked from earlier monuments. Seventeen confirmed examples are known. An additional monument, at Takalik Abaj in Guatemala, is a throne that may have been carved from a colossal head. This is the only known example outside of the Olmec heartland on the Gulf Coast of Mexico. Possible fragments of additional colossal heads have been recovered at San Lorenzo and at San Fernando in Tabasco. Crude colossal stone heads are also known in the Southern Maya area
Mayan Americans Mayan Americans Mayan Americans are Americans of Indigenous Mayan descent. Most Mayan Americans originate from western Guatemala and Chiapas. The Cold War led to the spread of Communist ideology to Latin America. Fidel Castro and The Cuban Revolution influenced an uprising from the Guatemalan working class, indigenous Mayans and peasant Ladino workers. With the success of Communist uprisings in Cuba, other Latin American countries began opting for Revolution. These two demographics began forming left-wing factions and Guerrilla groups like the MR-13, Guatemalan Party of Labor, and The EGP. This armed conflict was a result of a coup d'Etat supported by