Tag: Guatemala

• Tuesday, September 13th 2011 - 07:29 UTC

  Guatemala: promising to crack crime, retired general wins first presidential round

  

  A right-wing retired General promising a crackdown on rampant crime leads Guatemala's Sunday presidential election although he fell short of the votes needed to avoid a run-off in November.

• 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.