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Odilia Palomo Paíz became First Lady after her husband was invested as President of Guatemala. She was present during the visit of Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon . On July 27, 1957, she was present during the murder of her husband Carlos Castillo Armas and was the only witness to the murder.
First Lady of Guatemala is the title held by the wife of the president of Guatemala or designee. The current first lady is Lucrecia Peinado , wife of President Bernardo Arévalo , since 15 January 2024.
Evelyn Oddeth Morataya Marroquín (born 22 August 1972) is a Guatemalan politician and activist who served as the first lady of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004, as the wife of President Alfonso Portillo. She became First Lady when she was 28 years old, being one of the youngest First Ladies in the history of Guatemala. [1] [2]
Elisa Martínez Contreras (c. 1900 – April 15, 1985) was the first wife of Juan José Arévalo, and First Lady of Guatemala during Arévalo's presidency from 1945 to 1951. She was a teacher of primary education, and her social work supported children. While First Lady, she founded Guatemala's first soup kitchens and homes for homeless ...
While Guatemala has made efforts to move beyond its past, the country still remains extremely divided. By 1984, the large-scale massacres were generally over, the army had set up new bases throughout the Mayan heartlands and had accrued unprecedented economic power through the seizure of vast tracts of productive land and a number of key state ...
Peinado was born in Guatemala City into an evangelical family. Her grandparents were evangelical pastors of small churches in Mixco. [1]She graduated as a doctor and surgeon from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, later specializing in anesthesiology and health management.
The National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala (Spanish: Iglesia Evangélica Nacional Presbiteriana de Guatemala) was founded in 1882 by missionaries of the Presbyterian Church United States in Guatemala. [1] The church took root in the urban middle-class people In 1950 the first Synod was organised and become independent in 1962.
The increased militarization of Guatemala has resulted in abuse and mistreatment of the people of Guatemala. [24] Militarism spreads a perception of brutality and makes it easier to access weapons, which makes the rates of domestic violence against women go up. [8] Guatemala's military has a substantial history of human rights violations. [25]