2023 in Guatemala

Decades:	2000s; 2010s; 2020s; ; ;
See also:	Other events of 2023; Timeline of Guatemalan history;

The following lists events in the year 2023 in Guatemala.

Incumbents

President:Alejandro Giammattei
Vice-President: Guillermo Castillo Reyes (until January 20); Guillermo Castillo onwards

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala
4 May – Volcán de Fuego eruption^[1]

June

25 June
- 2023 Guatemalan general election^[2]^[3]
- 2023 Guatemala City mayoral election^[4]

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]

Sports

July 2022 - May 2023: 2022–23 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

Deaths

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]

References

^ "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.

[1] "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.

[LEPP-2] Tribunal Supremo Electoral (2019). "Ley Electoral y de Partidos Políticos" (PDF). Guatemala.

[3] 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.

[4] "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.

[5] "Guatemala's top elections court suspends ban on president-elect Arevalo's party". France 24. 2023-09-03. Retrieved 2023-09-05.

[6] "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.

[7] "Bloqueos en Guatemala: la capital amanece con varias rutas cerradas este lunes 9 de octubre" (in Spanish). 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-09.

[8] "Ministerio Público de Guatemala dice que las elecciones ganadas por Arévalo no son válidas" (in Spanish). 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2023-12-08.

[9] "International court rules against Guatemala in a landmark Indigenous and environmental rights case". AP News. 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2023-12-18.

[10] "Fallece Álvaro Colom, expresidente de Guatemala, confirman fuentes allegadas a la familia" (in Spanish). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-24.

[11] 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.

[12] 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.

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