| A | B |
| pueblos indígenas | indigenous people/towns |
| fueron hacia Yucatán | went towards the Yucatan |
| procedentes de México | originated from México |
| Cuzcatlán = "tierra de riquezas" | land of riches |
| provocó rebeliones | provoked rebellions |
| semilla | seed |
| fue disuelta | was disolved |
| mucha inestabilidad | much instability |
| un considerable desarrollo | a considerable development |
| el floreciente cultivo del café | the flourishing coffee harvest |
| su impulso reformador | his reforming impulse |
| sangrientamente reprimida | violently (bloody) put down/stopped |
| la masacre | the massacre |
| se fue polarizando en bandos contrarios | was becoming polarized in two contrary parties |
| debido | due to |
| incrementó la violencia | the violence grew |
| Una serie | a series |
| el arzobispo | the archbishop |
| los grupos guerrilleros | the guerilla groups |
| ocasionando más de mil víctimas | resulting in more than a thousand victims |