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.
Winaq is a left-wing political party in Guatemala whose most notable member is Rigoberta Menchú,who is ethnically Kʼicheʼ. Its name comes from the Kʼicheʼean word for "people" or "humanity","winaq". It is a party whose roots are in the indigenous communities of Guatemala.
Thelma Esperanza Aldana Hernández is a Guatemalan jurist and politician who served as President of the Supreme Court from 2011 to 2012 and as attorney general from 2014 to 2018.
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.
María Consuelo Porras Argueta is a Guatemalan attorney who has been serving as the Attorney General of Guatemala since 2018. She previously served as Deputy Magistrate of the Constitutional Court from 2016 to 2018. President Jimmy Morales nominated Porras as the new Attorney General and Chief of the Public Prosecutor's Office in May 2018,succeeding Thelma Aldana.
Movimiento Semilla is a centre-left,progressivist,social-democratic political party in Guatemala. As of January 14,2024,it became Guatemala's current government party.
Libre was a political party in Guatemala.
Oscar Clemente Marroquín Godoy is a Guatemalan lawyer,politician,journalist and writer,he was director of La Hora. He was succeeded by his son Pedro Pablo Marroquín Pérez.
Leopoldo Armando Guerra Juárez was a Guatemalan public official and lawyer. He was the Director of the Registry of Citizens of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala since 2014 until 2020.
Thelma CabreraPérez de Sánchez is an indigenous human rights activist 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,the highest vote total for an indigenous candidate in Guatemalan history.
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.
César Bernardo Arévalo de León is a Guatemalan diplomat,sociologist,writer,and politician who is the 52nd and current president of Guatemala. 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.
Samuel Andrés Pérez Álvarez is a Guatemalan economist and politician who served as the president of the Congress of Guatemala in January 2024. A member of the political party Semilla,he has been a member of Congress since January 2020.
Manuel Eduardo Conde Orellana is a Guatemalan attorney and politician who served as a member of the Congress of Guatemala from 2016 to 2024. Previously,he ran as presidential candidate in the 2003 election and 2007 election.
The following lists events in the year 2023 in Guatemala.
Karin Larissa Herrera Aguilar is a Guatemalan biologist,professor,sociologist,and politician who is currently serving as the 18th vice president of Guatemala. A member of the political party Semilla,she was elected vice president alongside President Bernardo Arévalo,having won the second round of the 2023 presidential election.
Andrea Marcela Blanco Fuentes is a Guatemalan activist and politician.
The inauguration of Bernardo Arévalo as the 52nd president of Guatemala on Monday,15 January 2024 marked the commencement of the four-year term of Bernardo Arévalo as president and Karin Herrera as vice president.
Bernardo Arévalo,the president-elect of Guatemala,completed his transition to the presidency upon being sworn in on the 15th of January 2024. He became the candidate of Semilla in January 2020. Vice-president-elect Karin Herrera led Arévalo's transition team.
General elections will be held in Guatemala in June 2027 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,with a second round of the presidential elections to be held in August if no candidate wins a majority in the first round. Incumbent President Bernardo Arévalo is constitutionally prohibited from running for a second four-year term.
