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The Tragic Week of 1920 was a civil uprising that took place in Guatemala in the week of April 8 to April 14, 1920, led by Unionist Party leaders, student leaders and those who opposed President Manuel Estrada Cabrera when the latter refused to leave office after the National Assembly declared him mentally incompetent for the presidency and named Carlos Herrera as interim president.
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]
After the disaster, 13 directors were deemed responsible for the casualties, but all charges were eventually dropped against them. The Confederación Deportiva Autónoma de Guatemala does not state responsibility for the facility, stating that it is the sports event organizers duty, and do not offer an emergency plan for the stadium. [10]
[Note 1] Her memoir drew international attention to Guatemala and the nature of its institutional terrorism. After the August 1983 coup, both the U.S. intelligence community and human rights observers noted that while cases of human rights abuses in rural Guatemala were on the decline, death squad activity in the city was on the rise.
The Estadio Nacional Doroteo Guamuch Flores is a multi-use national stadium in Guatemala City, the largest venue in Guatemala. It was built in 1948, to host the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1950 , [ 1 ] and was renamed after long-distance runner Doroteo Guamuch Flores , winner of the 1952 Boston Marathon .
The Ladino population in Guatemala is officially recognized as a distinct ethnic group, and the Ministry of Education of Guatemala uses the following definition: [4]. The ladino population has been characterized as a heterogeneous population which expresses itself in the Spanish language as a maternal language, which possesses specific cultural traits of Hispanic origin mixed with indigenous ...
The 2024–25 Liga Nacional de Guatemala, also known as Liga Guate Banrural for sponsorship reasons, [1] is the 72nd season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season began on 3 August 2024, when the Apertura 2024 tournament started, and is scheduled to end in May 2025 with the Clausura 2025 ...
Efraín Enrique Recinos Valenzuela (May 15, 1928 – October 2, 2011) was a Guatemalan contemporary architect, muralist, urbanist, painter and sculptor.Recinos' works adorn the facades and interiors of many of Guatemala's landmark buildings, including the National Library of Guatemala.