Guatemala
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Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in northern Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to t
Maya city of Tikal
The Conquistador Pedro de Alvarado led the initial Spanish efforts to conquer Guatemala.
Guatemalan whites after the declaration of independence on 15 September 1821.
Proclamation Coin 1847 of the independent Republic of Guatemala
Bernardo Arévalo
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César Bernardo Arévalo de León is a Guatemalan diplomat, sociologist, writer, and politician who has served as the 52nd president of Guatemala since 2024. A member and co-founder of the defunct Semill
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…Since the peace accords Guatemala has had both economic growth and successive democratic elections, most recently in 2023. In the 2023 elections, Bernardo Arévalo won the presidency. He assumed office in January 2024. In January 2012 Efrain Rios Montt, the former dictator of Guatemala, appeared in a Guatemalan…
Official portrait, 2024
Official portrait of Arévalo as a deputy of the Guatemalan Congress
President-elect Bernardo Arévalo (left) and outgoing president Alejandro Giammattei meet in the presidential residency as part of the presidential transition, September 2023.
Arévalo takes the oath of office administered by President of Congress Samuel Pérez, 15 January 2024