The National Unity of Hope is a populist political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 2002 and defined itself as a social-democratic and social-Christian party,but since transformed and is now described as a right-wing party. It is the largest political party in Guatemala by the number of members.
Lázaro Chacón González was the acting President of Guatemala from 26 September 1926 to 18 December 1926 and President of Guatemala from 19 December 1926 to 2 January 1931.
The Unionist Party is a conservative political party in Guatemala,who advocates the re-creation of a Central American union.
General elections were held in Chile on 19 November 2017,including presidential,parliamentary and regional elections.
Jimmy Ernesto Morales Cabrera is a Guatemalan politician,actor,and comedian who served as the 50th president of Guatemala from 2016 to 2020.
The Chilean presidential primaries of 2017 were held in Chile on Sunday 2 July 2017. It was the first election in the country's history in which Chileans were permitted to vote from abroad.
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.
Movimiento Semilla is a centre-left,progressive,social-democratic political party in Guatemala. On 14 January 2024,it became Guatemala's governing party following the inauguration of President Bernardo Arévalo.
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 3 February 2019,with Salvadorans electing the president and vice president for a five-year term from 2019 to 2024.
Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla is a Guatemalan politician who served as the 51st president of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024.
César Guillermo Castillo Reyes is a Guatemalan attorney and politician who served as the 17th vice president of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024.
Pedro Brolo Vila is a Guatemalan economist,diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 14 January 2020 to 31 January 2022,under the government of Alejandro Giammattei.
General elections were held in Chile on 21 November 2021,including presidential,parliamentary and regional elections. Voters went to the polls to elect the President of the Republic to serve a four-year term,27 of 50 members of the Senate to serve an eight-year term in the National Congress,all 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies to serve a four-year term in the National Congress,and all 302 members of the regional boards to serve a three-year term. Following an electoral reform in 2015,the Senate increased its membership from 38 to 43 in 2017 and grew to its full size of 50 seats after this election.
Sebastián Iglesias Sichel Ramírez is a Chilean lawyer,professor,ex minister of State and politician who served as president of the Banco del Estado de Chile from June 2020 until December 2020. He also previously served as Minister of Social Development and Family and executive vice president of Corfo under the second government of Sebastián Piñera. He was an independent candidate in the 2021 Chilean presidential election who ran under the centre-right Chile Podemos Más coalition.
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. The ruling Vamos party won the largest number of seats in Congress.
Ernesto Alfredo Castro Aldana is a Salvadoran politician and businessman who currently serves as the president of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. Castro previously served as a secretary and private advisor to Nayib Bukele from 2012 to 2020 when he was elected as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly from San Salvador in the 2021 legislative election.
César Bernardo Arévalo de León is a Guatemalan diplomat,sociologist,writer,and politician who is the 52nd and current president of Guatemala since 2024. A member and co-founder of the Semilla party,he previously served as a deputy in the Congress of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024,as Ambassador to Spain from 1995 to 1996 and as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1995.
General elections were held in El Salvador on 4 February 2024 to elect the president,vice president and all 60 deputies of the Legislative Assembly. This was followed by a second set of elections on 3 March 2024 in which voters elected all 44 mayors and municipal councils of the country's municipalities and all 20 of El Salvador's deputies to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN).
Avanza Libertad,originally founded in 2019 as Frente Despertar,was an Argentine right-wing political coalition. Renamed in 2020,Avanza Libertad had legal status in the Buenos Aires Province. Ideologically,it is libertarian conservative,supportive of economic liberalism,and critical of both Kirchnerism and Juntos por el Cambio. Led by JoséLuis Espert,it included centre-right and far-right factions,with its more radical factions being compared to Spain's Vox.
Carlos RenéPineda Sosa is a Guatemalan politician and businessman who ran in the 2023 Guatemalan general election. He was considered a political dark horse and he made his first candidacy for the presidency under Citizen Prosperity party,where polls placed him as a favorite. He was eventually disqualified.
