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The Dancing Devils of Yare (Diablos Danzantes del Yare) is the name of a religious festival celebrated in San Francisco de Yare, in the state of Miranda, Venezuela, on the day of Corpus Christi. The Sociedades del Santísimo (Societies of the Holiest) are in charge of the celebration. Its origins are traced back to the 18th century, being the ...
18 May: Francisco Villagrán de León, 70, diplomat, academic and presidential advisor, ambassador to the United States (2008–2011, 2012–2013) [21] 21 September: Raquel Blandón, 81, politician and lawyer, first lady (1986–1991) [22]
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 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 ...
Guatemala at the 2024 Summer Olympics; IOC code: GUA: NOC: Guatemalan Olympic Committee: Website: www.cog.org.gt (in Spanish) in Paris, France 26 July 2024 () – 11 August 2024 () Competitors: 16 in 7 sports: Flag bearer (opening) Kevin Cordón & Waleska Soto: Flag bearer (closing) Alberto González Mindez & Adriana Ruano Oliva: Medals
The Congress of the Republic (Spanish: Congreso de la República) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Guatemala. The Guatemalan Congress is made up of 160 deputies who are elected by direct universal suffrage to serve four-year terms. The electoral system is closed party list proportional representation. 31 of the deputies are ...
Spanish is the official language of Guatemala, and is spoken by 93% of the population. [1] Guatemalan Spanish is the local variant of the Spanish language.. Twenty-two Mayan languages are spoken, especially in rural areas, as well as two non-Mayan Amerindian languages: Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan language spoken on the Caribbean coast.
Día de la Independencia: Celebrates the Act of Independence of Central America in 1821. October 20 Revolution Day: Día de la Revolución: Celebrates the "Ten Years of Spring," the democratic period that began with the uprising against Jorge Ubico in 1944. November 1 All Saints' Day: Día de Todos los Santos: December 24 Christmas Eve: Noche Buena