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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. In the First Lady's Office, located in the Presidential House, only the portraits of sixteen recognized former first ladies are exhibited.
Foreign minister of Guatemala from 1966 to 1969 and the president of the United Nations Twenty-Third General Assembly from 1968 to 1969. Arévalo, Juan José, first democratically elected president; Arjona, Ricardo, international singer; Asturias, Miguel Ángel, writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1967)
Walter Lind (born Lind Pettersen) was an Englishman, born to Norwegian parents, who also worked in Guatemala for Rosing Brothers and owned a coffee plantation. [4] Earthquakes in Guatemala between 1917 and 1918 had devastated the country and in 1923, Arthur was asked to return to the country. He traveled with María and his two daughters, and ...
Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Spanish: [riɣoˈβeɾta menˈtʃu]; born 9 January 1959) [1] is a K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, [2] and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. . Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's Indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996), and to promoting Indigenous rights international
The history of Guatemala traces back to the Maya civilization (2600 BC – 1697 AD), with the country's modern history beginning with the Spanish conquest of Guatemala in 1524. By 1000 AD, most of the major Classic-era (250–900 AD) Maya cities in the Petén Basin , located in the northern lowlands, had been abandoned.
Antonia Matos (21 November 1902 – 22 June 1994) was a Guatemalan painter.Her work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in which she submitted the oil painting "La Carrera de Piraguas". [1]
The Primer Congreso Interamericano de Mujeres (First Inter-American Congress of Women) was a feminist meeting held from 21 to 27 August 1947 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It was called together by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) [ 1 ] and hosted by the Unión Democrática de Mujeres of Guatemala. [ 2 ]
Lourdes Figueroa, Miss Guatemala 2009 and Miss World Guatemala 2011 Maribel Arana, Miss World Guatemala 2008. Miss Guatemala was founded in 1955 and sent its first winner to represent Guatemala at Miss Universe 1955. Guatemala's last placement was in the top 10 in 2010 by Jessica Scheel, top 40 at Miss World 2017 by Virginia Argueta, and Miss ...