Tag: Alvaro Colom

• Monday, June 26th 2023 - 09:08 UTC

  At least 31 arrested in controversial Guatemalan elections

  

  At least 31 people were arrested Sunday during Guatemala's presidential elections, which have left no winning candidate and hence the need to hold a runoff in August, according to preliminary reports.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 21:39 UTC

  Former Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom dies aged 71

  

  Former Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom (2008-2012) died Monday at the age of 71. The cause of death has not been disclosed, although it was known that Colom was being treated for esophageal cancer.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2016 - 10:44 UTC

  First OAS Electoral Observation Mission to the US next November 8

  

  The former president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, will head the first Electoral Observation Mission that the OAS will deploy to the United States and that will observe the upcoming November 8 elections.

• Saturday, March 21st 2015 - 05:45 UTC

  OAS observation mission to Bolivia's regional elections on 29 March

  

  Bolivia and the Organization of American States, OAS, signed an agreement for the deployment of an observation mission to regional elections on 29 March in the landlocked country.

• Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 06:48 UTC

  OAS praise for Bolivia's commitment to democracy and Sunday's elections

  

  The OAS (Organization of American States) Electoral Observation Mission in Bolivia, headed by former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, commends Bolivian citizenry for the high level of peaceful participation on Sunday's national elections and underlines the country’s democratic commitment.

• Thursday, October 9th 2014 - 07:59 UTC

  OAS Electoral observation mission in Bolivia for Sunday's election

  

  Former Guatemalan president Alvaro Colom has arrived in La Paz as Chief of the Electoral Observation Mission from the Organization of American States (OAS/EOM) to head the group of 63 people who will observe Bolivian general elections of 12 October.

• Saturday, August 9th 2014 - 05:58 UTC

  OAS observation mission will be present during Bolivia's October elections

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) and Bolivia signed on Friday the agreement on privileges and immunities for the Electoral Observation Mission, (EOM) to be deployed to the general elections to be held in Bolivia on 12 October.

• Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 05:16 UTC

  Former Guatemalan president extradited to face money laundering charges in US

  

  Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face money laundering charges, the US embassy in Guatemala said. A US grand jury decided in 2009 that Portillo, who was in office from 2000 to 2004, should face charges that he laundered 70 million dollars through US banks.

• Monday, April 11th 2011 - 05:40 UTC

  Guatemala’s First Couple ‘team’ ready for September’s presidential election

  

  A Guatemalan judge granted the country’s First Couple divorce petition thus opening the way for First Lady Sandra Torres to run in September’s presidential election for which her husband President Alvaro Colom is barred under constitutional rule.

• Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 17:53 UTC

  Guatemala’s First Couple divorce so First Lady can bid for the presidency

  

  Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and wife Sandra Torres have filed a request for “divorce by mutual consent” to allow the first lady to run in September’s presidential election, the judiciary this week.