Álvaro Enrique ArzúIrigoyen was a Guatemalan politician and businessman who served as the 32nd President of Guatemala from 14 January 1996 until 14 January 2000. He was elected Mayor of Guatemala City on six occasions:in 1982,when he declined taking office because of a coup d'état;in 1986;in 2003,after serving as president;in 2007;in 2011,and in 2015,for a term that would see him die in office.
The National Unity of Hope is a populist political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 2002 and defines itself as a social-democratic and social-Christian party. It is the largest political party in Guatemala by the number of members.
The Unionist Party is a conservative political party in Guatemala,who advocates the re-creation of a Central American union.
Sandra Julieta Torres Casanova is a Guatemalan politician who served as the first lady of Guatemala from 2008 to 2011,as the wife of president Álvaro Colom. As the candidate of the National Unity of Hope party,Torres ran for president in 2015,2019 and 2023,coming in second place in each election.
The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala was an international body charged with investigating and prosecuting serious crime in Guatemala. On January 7,2019,the agreement between the United Nations and Guatemala was terminated by Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales,evoking CICIG's alleged participation in illegal acts,abuse of authority and acts against the constitution. The UN rejected this unilateral termination,and the country's highest law court ruled against the president's decision CICIG's term was scheduled to end in September 2019. Morales' decision,approved by the country's business elite,triggered an institutional crisis in Guatemala,as the Constitutional court sided with CICIG. Morales is being investigated concerning his campaign financing.
Guatemala–Mexico relations are the historical and current bilateral relations between Guatemala and Mexico. Both nations are members of the Association of Caribbean States,Community of Latin American and Caribbean States,Organization of American States,Organization of Ibero-American States and the United Nations.
General elections were held in Guatemala on 6 September 2015 to elect the President and Vice President,all 158 Congress deputies,all 20 deputies to the Central American Parliament,and mayors and councils for all 338 municipalities in the country.
Commitment,Renewal and Order is a political party in Guatemala.
Jimmy Morales is a Guatemalan politician,actor and comedian who served as the 50th president of Guatemala from 2016 to 2020.
The National Convergence Front is a right-wing political party in Guatemala.
General elections were held in Guatemala on 16 June 2019,to elect the President,Congress and local councils. A second round of the presidential elections was held on 11 August 2019,since no candidate won a majority in the first round. Alejandro Giammattei won the election in the second round of voting.
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Russia in March 2024. In accordance with country's electoral law,the first round will be held on Sunday,17 March. If no candidate receives more than half the vote,a second round will take place exactly three weeks later,on 7 April 2024. The winner of the election is scheduled to be inaugurated on 7 May 2024.
Valor is a conservative and right-wing populist political party in Guatemala.
Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla is a Guatemalan politician who has been serving as the 51st and current president of Guatemala since 2020.
Thelma Cabrera is an indigenous human rights defender and politician. Cabrera ran for president of Guatemala in 2019 as part of the political party,Movement for the Liberation of Peoples. She finished fourth in the 2019 election garnering 10.3% of the popular vote.
César Guillermo Castillo Reyes is a Guatemalan lawyer and politician who is the 17th and current vice president of Guatemala.
Víctor Manuel Alejandro Martínez Ruiz is a Guatemalan economist and politician who served as the Minister of Public Finance from September 2018 to January 2020. He currently is the First Councilor of Guatemala City.
General elections were held in Guatemala on 25 June 2023 to elect the president and vice president,all 160 seats in Congress,all 20 members of the Central American Parliament,and mayors and councils for all the country's 340 municipalities. Incumbent president Alejandro Giammattei was constitutionally prohibited from running for a second four-year term. However,as no presidential candidate obtained over 50 percent of the vote in the first round on 25 June 2023,a second round was held between the top two finishers on 20 August 2023:Congressman Bernardo Arévalo of the Movimiento Semilla and Sandra Torres,a former first lady representing the National Unity of Hope (UNE) party. Arévalo defeated Torres in the second round with nearly 61 percent of the vote in what was seen as a landslide.
César Bernardo Arévalo de León is a Guatemalan diplomat,sociologist,writer and politician who is the president-elect of Guatemala. He defeated former First Lady,Sandra Torres,in the second round of the 2023 presidential election on 20 August 2023 and will be inaugurated as the 52nd president on 14 January 2024.
Carlos RenéPineda Sosa is a Guatemalan politician and businessman running in the 2023 Guatemalan general election. He is seen as a political dark horse,and is making his first run for the presidency under Citizen Prosperity where polls placed him as a frontrunner. He was eventually disqualified.
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