If you owe Q1 thousand for a traffic fine with the municipality of Guatemala, you can pay half, Q500. This was approved by the municipal council at the beginning of November (agreement 45-202). The mayor’s office established to forgive up to 50% of each penalty imposed by the Municipal Traffic Police (PMT). Nor will it … Read more
After the inauguration of the new Supreme Court of Justice for the period 2019 – 2024 and the election of Oscar Cruz as president of the Judicial systemFinally, the plenary session of magistrates has integrated with the new leaders of the country’s justice, the 3 chambers that make up the Court and that have in … Read more
The 13 new judges of the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala assumed their positions and appointed lawyer Óscar Ruperto Cruz Oliva, who in the past was accused of a corruption case, as president of the Judicial Branch. The new magistracy took office on Friday night, for one year, to complete the 2019-2024 period. This … Read more
He Minister of the InteriorByron Bor Illescas, appointed a new leadership of the National Civil Police (PNC), so as of this Thursday the general director of the PNC is the general commissioner and graduate in criminology and criminalistics, Adal Amilton Rodríguez Najarro, of 46 years old, who replaces the general commissioner, Edwin Ardiano López. Rodríguez … Read more
Journalists in Guatemala are persecuted by the same actors who have tried to judicialize the elections held this year, according to a preliminary report from the Inter American Press Society (SIP) which must be approved this Sunday by the Press Freedom Commission in the Assembly. The document indicates that press freedom in Guatemala has been … Read more
The Comptroller General of Accounts published on October 31 in the Diario de Centro América the agreement A-081-2023, which creates the Computer System for the Registration and Verification of Middle Level Academic Titles and Diplomas, issued by the Ministry of Education. With this new regulation, intermediate level students will be able to register their degree … Read more
The director of a high-security prison in Guatemala, located inside a military barracks, was shot dead this Saturday by an unknown person, according to various official sources. The armed attack took place this Saturday morning on a street in the center of Guatemala City, where Édwin David Patzán González, 32, lost his life, according to … Read more
It began with a tweet on the social network Twitter (now X) in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic. In 280 characters they offered a first mapping of COVID-19 infections at the national level. The exercise showed a gap, there was no official data available to everyone. This is how the COVID-19 Vaccination Atlas … Read more
La House Democracy Partnership (HDP) sent a letter to the Secretary of the United States Department of State, Antony Blinken, about the political crisis in Guatemala and where to express his concern about the attempt to undermine democracy in Guatemala. The House Democracy Partnership is a bipartisan committee of the United States House of Representatives … Read more
The family of the only fatality from the accident on October 12 in San Marcos (Guatemala) has identified her: she is Cuban and her name was Oryalis Cepeda. Her son, Dany Pérez, 16, was also traveling in the damaged vehicle, in which about 20 migrants were traveling. His aunt and sister of the deceased, Omayda … Read more