[2] But her marriage with Morales was soon going to undergo serious difficulties; in January 1897, some rebellions started against Reina Barrios; after a mild battle, a group of invaders were defeated and their leaders were taken prisoners, judged and summarily executed on the same day.

[6] Opposition newspaper La República editors accused the government -and particularly Próspero Morales, former Secretary of Infrastructure, and president Reina Barrios- of wasting the few resources the country had trying to do all their projects at once: besides the Northern Railroad -which in case of had been the only project built would have brought considerable benefits to the country- boulevards, parks, squares, public buildings, and luxurious office buildings had been built as well, not to mention the three millions pesos wasted on the failed Exposición Centroamericana.

[9] Back in Tapachula we received support from colonels Rodrigo Castilla and Víctor López, who lived on the Guatemalan side of the border, in San Marcos -where Morales was born-.

[9] After the death of her husband, she published her book Compedio de geografía descriptiva (Descriptive Geography handbook) in 1904[3] and then was named director of the International School for Girls, where the Guatemalan elite sent their daughters to get an education.

[11] When specialized Kindergarten teaching formally began in Guatemala on 28 June 1928,[12] professor Górriz de Morales was among the first batch of instructors who served pro bono.