The Spanish Embassy in Guatemala reported on the statement of the diplomatic missions representing the members of the Coalition for Press Freedom accredited in Guatemala regarding the case of Jose Rubén Zamora. “Today—July 29—is the fourth anniversary of the arrest of Jose Rubén Zamora, which occurred on July 29, 2022,” the information highlighted. He recalled...
The Disciplinary Commission of the Fifa opened a procedure against the Argentine Football Association (AFA), several players from the Argentine national team and the Spanish Gavi, for the incidents that occurred at the end of the 2026 World Cup final. at MetLife Stadium, in New Jersey, United States. According to the organization, based on the...
The subsidy to mitigate the cost of fuel remains without agreements in Congress, where the deputies chose to prioritize other legislative initiatives before the one requested by the president, Bernardo Arévalo. Last Friday, the president announced, on national television, the presentation of a bill to authorize subsidies to mitigate the increase in the cost of...
Users reported that this Wednesday, July 29, the fare for urban buses in the capital increased to Q7. The previous rate was Q5. One of the users indicated that he now paid more to travel by Transurbano from zone 18 to the capital. In that sense, Free press consulted Saúl Umaña, president of the Chamber...
The Archbishopric of Guatemala reported on the official visit to the country of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See. He added that Parolin will preside over the holy mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral this Sunday, August 2, at 12 noon. Infobae reported that the spokesman for the Archbishopric of Guatemala, Luis...
The National Civil Police (PNC) reported that this Monday, July 27, investigators from the Department of Investigation against Femicide captured a man involved in the case of a triple femicide that occurred in April 2019 in a sector of El Chal, Petén. According to the PNC, the investigations took the agents to Puerto Barrios, Izabal,...
The National Civil Police (PNC) reported that an alleged member of the Barrio 18 gang was injured when confronting agents of that institution. He added that the confrontation occurred this Wednesday, July 29, when the police were preparing to carry out a raid together with the Public Ministry (MP) in a property in the Lo...
As the calendar approaches the future electoral call, cases of alleged early campaigning also increase, which can be sanctioned with the registration of the candidate for the 2027 elections. This is according to data from the Specialty Unit in Media and Opinion Studies, which until last Friday documented 150 open cases. “The TSE has now...
The Municipal Traffic Police (PMT) reported that this Wednesday, July 29, a truck lost control, knocked down poles and damaged homes at kilometer 13 of the route to the Atlantic, in zone 25. Amílcar Montejo, PMT road spokesman, indicated that the accident occurred on the descent of Águila. The car hit two homes; In addition,...
Political parties can now hold candidate proclamation assemblies for the 2027 general elections, but there are some that are unable to do so because they have few members. The Department of Political Organizations of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) reminded political parties that they must reach the number of 28,083 members, otherwise they will not...