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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]
El País was the first pro-democracy newspaper within a context where all the other Spanish newspapers were influenced by Franco's ideology. [16] The circulation of the paper was 116,600 copies in its first year. [17] It rose to 138,000 copies in 1977. [17] In 1978, El País suffered a far-right terrorist attack due to political upheaval. Four ...
The Congress of the Republic Guatemala is located in the Legislative Palace in Guatemala city. [2] During the protests against the budget for 2021 on 21 November 2020, protestors entered the building and set parts of it on fire. [3] [4] [5]
In late January 2004, Zamora published the names and photographs of the men and woman he alleged to be his attackers in El Periódico; they included a senior member of Portillo's staff, an employee of the Attorney General, and a counter-intelligence specialist. [7]
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 ...
Assumption of Mary into Heaven (only in Guatemala City) September 15 Independence Day: 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 ...
The Rif region has a long-standing history of rebellion against government control and distrust towards Moroccan central authorities.. In the summer of 1921, Rif tribal fighters, defeated the Spanish army who attempted to take control over the region, killing more than 10,000 of their troops at the Battle of Anual, representing the largest lost suffered in a single day by any colonial force in ...