The members of the Congress Board of Directors are summoned to a meeting with President Bernardo Arévalo to address different matters of interest to the Executive Body. A congressional source confirmed to Free press that the meeting between the president and the members of the Board of Directors is scheduled for 12 noon this Tuesday....
The Selection Guatemala U-20 achieved a resounding 4-0 victory over Antigua and Barbuda on the second day of the Concacaf U-20 World Cup. The team led by Sebastián Bini showed notable improvement compared to its debut and recovered from the defeat suffered against Costa Rica on the first date. With this result, the Blue and...
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hits a city in Japanso the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry reported on the situation of Guatemalans in that country. In that sense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minex) reported that the Guatemalan Embassy in Japan maintains permanent monitoring of the situation of Guatemalans residing in that country. He indicated that, until now,...
Guatemalan athlete Kevin Cordón continues to write his name in the history of national sports with golden letters. The badminton player originally from La Unión, Zacapa, once again demonstrated his international hierarchy by winning the gold medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, bringing a new medal to the Guatemalan delegation....
Senior US military commanders arrived in Guatemala to hold meetings with authorities from the Ministry of National Defense with the aim of strengthening bilateral cooperation in security, defense and development of strategic infrastructure. The visit was led by General Steven Nordhaus, head of the United States National Guard Bureau, who participated in meetings with the...
The National Civil Police (PNC)he Penitentiary System (SP)he Ministry of the Interior (Mingob) and the Guatemalan Army They carried out an operation in the Preventive Detention Center Puerto Barrios, Izabalwhere they transferred to 56 deprived of liberty designated to integrate a structure dedicated to drug dealing, hitmen and human trafficking. According to the authorities, the...
A 23-year-old man, accused by authorities of being allegedly involved in a triple homicide that occurred on July 23 in Cuilapa, Santa Rosa, was captured this Monday, July 27, during a series of raids in the La Colina neighborhood, in Barberena, Santa Rosa, the National Civil Police (PNC) reported. In the operation, security forces also...
Six months before the elections are called, the political conversation in the digital space is active and has begun to take turns. A social listening, content and its analysis, developed through the Goo tool, at the request of Prensa Libre, reviewed 10,077 publications from 30 political actors, some officials and others who have shown interest...
Although he maintained that he was never criminally charged and that the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Corruption of Guatemala archived the investigation related to the purchase of Sputnik V vaccinesthose arguments were not enough to convince a US federal court. The judge Beryl A. Howellof the District Court of Columbia, rejected the lawsuit filed by...
This Monday, July 27, the Public Ministry (MP) requested sentences of between two and 32 years in prison against six alleged members of the structure.“The Topaz”accused of dispossessing properties through falsification of documents. The Prosecutor’s Office presented its conclusions in the trial being followed against the accused in the High Risk Court B. According to...