2019 in Guatemala
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The following lists events in the year 2019 in Guatemala.
Incumbents
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[edit]- 28 March – At least 18 killed when a truck crashes into a crowd along the Pan-American Highway in Nahualá, Solola[1]
 - 16 June – Scheduled date for the 2019 Guatemalan general election
 - 11 August – Alejandro Giammattei wins the second round of the presidential elections with 58% of the vote, defeating Sandra Torres, wife of the current president.[2]
 
Deaths
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- 10 January – Juan Francisco Reyes, politician, Vice President (b. 1938).[3]
 - 28 January – Humberto Ak'ab'al, poet (b. 1952).[4]
 - 13 April – Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Huehuetenango (b. 1932).[5]
 - 14 May – Wilmer Josue Ramirez Vasquez, 2, Guatemalan refugee who died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in El Paso, Texas; multiple intestinal and respiratory infectious diseases[6]
 - 25 September – Michael Coe, 90, American archaeologist and anthropologist who worked in Guatemala and Mexico (b. 1929)[7]
 - 1 November – Rina Lazo, 93, muralist (Fertile Earth), painter, and activist in Guatemala (Order of the Quetzal, 2004) and Mexico (b. Guatemala City, 1923)[8]
 
See also
[edit]Wikinews has related news:
 		
References
[edit]- ^ Guatemala crash: At least 18 killed after truck ploughs into group of people The Independent (London), 28 March 2020
 - ^ "Right-Wing Candidate Alejandro Giammattei Wins Guatemala Presidency", Democracy Now.org, August 12, 2019, retrieved August 12, 2019
 - ^ "Muere el exvicepresidente Juan Francisco Reyes López". prensalibre.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2019.
 - ^ Fallece el poeta k’iché Humberto Ak’abal (in Spanish)
 - ^ Bishop Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata
 - ^ Guatemalan toddler who died after US border detention in ‘inhumane conditions’ had multiple diseases The Independent (London), 14 May 2019
 - ^ Michael Coe: Archaeologist who shone a light on the Maya civilisation By Harrison Smith, The Independent (London), 16 Oct 2019
 - ^ Rina Lazo: Guatemalan muralist who was emboldened by a revolutionary spirit The Independent (London), 23 Nov 2019
 
Links
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 Media related to 2019 in Guatemala at Wikimedia Commons
