2023_in_Guatemala
2023 in Guatemala
List of events
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The following lists events in the year 2023 in Guatemala.
See also: 2023 in Central America and 2023 in the Caribbean
- President:Alejandro Giammattei
- Vice-President: Guillermo Castillo Reyes (until January 20); Guillermo Castillo onwards
Further information: Public holidays in Guatemala
- Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala
- 4 May – Volcán de Fuego eruption[1]
June
September
- 3 September – Guatemala's Supreme Electoral Tribunal temporarily reinstates President-elect Bernardo Arévalo's Semilla party, which had been suspended pending an investigation into alleged registration irregularities.[5]
- 12 September – The office of the Guatemala Attorney General carries out raids in the offices of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and opens electoral boxes that contain the electoral ballots. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal condemns the decision.[6]
October
- 9 October – Dozens of road blockades are reported throughout the country, mainly in Guatemala City, organized by community organizations demanding Attorney General María Consuelo Porras' resignation.[7]
December
- 8 December – The Attorney General's Office says that the results of the 2023 general election are "null and void" and should be "annulled". The Organization of American States condemned the actions and called them an "attempted coup d'état".[8]
- 15 December – A ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights finds Guatemala to have violated indigenous rights by allowing a large nickel mine to operate on tribal land.[9]
- July 2022 - May 2023: 2022–23 Liga Nacional de Guatemala
- 23 January - Álvaro Colom, 71, engineer and politician, president (2008–2012).[10]
- 5 April - Hugo Rodríguez Chinchilla, 47, politician, deputy (since 2020).[11]
- 26 August - Milton Francisco Guerra Calderón, 48, farmer and politician, deputy (2012–2020).[12]
Wikinews has related news:
- "Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts, spewing ash into the air and forcing over 1,000 to evacuate". CBS News. 2023-05-05. Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- Tribunal Supremo Electoral (2019). "Ley Electoral y de Partidos Políticos" (PDF). Guatemala.
- André Yancor (2022-01-20). "Elecciones 2023: Estas podrían ser las fechas de de la primera y segunda vuelta electoral". Tv Azteca Guatemala (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- "TSE da fechas tentativas para elecciones generales en Guatemala 2023 (primera y segunda vuelta)" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- "Guatemala's top elections court suspends ban on president-elect Arevalo's party". France 24. 2023-09-03. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- "Feci abre cajas electorales durante allanamiento en el Parque de la Industria y el fiscal Curruchiche justifica decisión pese al rechazo del TSE" (in Spanish). 2023-09-12. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- "Bloqueos en Guatemala: la capital amanece con varias rutas cerradas este lunes 9 de octubre" (in Spanish). 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- "Ministerio Público de Guatemala dice que las elecciones ganadas por Arévalo no son válidas" (in Spanish). 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- "International court rules against Guatemala in a landmark Indigenous and environmental rights case". AP News. 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- "Fallece Álvaro Colom, expresidente de Guatemala, confirman fuentes allegadas a la familia" (in Spanish). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- Ortega, Juan Carlos (2023-04-06). "Muere Hugo Rodríguez, diputado de la bancada Creo, luego de sufrir dos infartos producto de una neumonía". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- Barreno Castillo, Raúl; Pineda, Sandy (26 August 2023). "Esto es lo que se sabe del crimen contra el exdiputado por Jalapa, Mario Francisco Guerra Calderón". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
