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11 January: 2023 Guatemalan general election: Former Minister of the Interior Napoleón Barrientos is arrested for failing to comply with his duties for not using force to evict the blockades and demonstrations that occurred in October, which called for the resignation of Attorney General María Consuelo Porras.
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] El Quetzalteco, based in Quetzaltenango; digital only and part of Prensa Libre [11] [12] El Siglo [13] Siglo Veintiuno [14]
In July 2022, Zamora was detained on charges of money laundering. The assets of the newspaper were frozen as part of the case against Zamora, and the newspaper could no longer sustain itself financially. El Periódico published its final edition on May 15, 2023. [5] [6]
The Días Patrios, or Patriotic Days, are national holidays celebrated in Guatemala commemorating its declaration of independence on 15 September 1821 with the former United Provinces of Central America (later reorganized / renamed the Federal Republic of Central America, (up to 1847, then seceding with a second declaration of independence, becoming the current Republic of Guatemala), from the ...
Aldana and Velásquez together had investigated corruption cases in Guatemala for the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala. Political analyst Luis Mack noted that Torres's attacks against Arévalo were an appeal to religious conservatives and the far-right, both of which opposed anti-corruption efforts and foreign interference ...
The Secretariats of the Presidency is a body within the executive branch of the Guatemalan government that supports the functions and agenda of the President. Secretariats are restricted from executing government programs, projects, or other functions designated to Ministries or other government institutions.
In the aftermath of the death of Julio René Alvarado, the Prensa Libre publicly mocked Belizean officials who called on Guatemala for an apology. [4] In October 2018, based on the information of an article published by the Prensa Libre , Donald Trump claimed that ISIS members were hiding within the Central American migrant caravans .
The Act of Independence of Central America (Spanish: Acta de Independencia Centroamericana), also known as the Act of Independence of Guatemala, is the legal document by which the Provincial Council of the Province of Guatemala proclaimed the independence of Central America from the Spanish Empire and invited the other provinces of the Captaincy General of Guatemala [a] to send envoys to a ...