Invención criolla, sueño ladino, pesadilla indígena

"Supported by rural small holders, creole and ladino elites of Quezaltenango, Guatemala, sought autonomy for western highlands, first as part of Mexico, then as independent state in Central American Federation. Attributes failure to elite's refusal to include indigenous majority in schemes, except as taxpayers and cheap labor"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.