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Bol de la Cruz was sentenced to 40 years in prison for his role in the kidnapping. Families of roughly 45,000 missing leftists have contacted local rights groups to help them find information about their relatives in the archives, hoping that trials will end decades of impunity for crimes against suspected leftists.
Carlos René Pineda Sosa (born 29 May 1972) [1] [2] is a Guatemalan politician and businessman who ran in the 2023 Guatemalan general election.He was considered a political dark horse and he made his first candidacy for the presidency under Citizen Prosperity party, where polls placed him as a favorite.
Noticias Guatemala [4] Diario de Centro América, the nation's newspaper of public record [5] La Hora [6] El Metropolitano, based in Mixco; published twice each month [7] Nuestro Diario, the most widely circulated newspaper in Central America [8] El Periódico [9] Publinews, the first free daily in Guatemala [10]
The museum is housed in the Palacio de los Capitanes Generales, which dates to the 16th century and was once the seat of the Captaincy General of Guatemala. [5] The building is also a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site. [6] The first phase of the museum was inaugurated on September 10, 2021. [7]
The National Unity of Hope (Spanish: Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza, UNE) is a populist political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 2002 and defined itself as a social-democratic and social-Christian party, but since transformed and is now described as a right-wing party. It is the largest political party in Guatemala by the number of members.
Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores (December 9, 1930 – February 1, 2016) [1] [2] was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as the Head of Government from August 1983 to January 1986.
The former was formed in 1971 as the Organización Regional de Occidente, as a branch of the FAR in western Guatemala, before splitting outright in mid 1972. [32] The split was effectuated by their differences regarding organizational and ideological questions, particularly the role of ethnicity in the economic exclusion of indigenous people. [33]
It was initiated by a group of retired army officers, including veterans of Guatemalan Civil War, affiliated with the Military Veterans Association of Guatemala AVEMILGUA. [13] FCN did not nominate a presidential candidate in the 2011 general elections , but contested the Congressional elections, receiving 0.5% of the vote and failing to win a ...