The U.S. State Department imposed sanctions on former Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Wednesday, banning him and his sons from entering the United States because of his alleged “involvement in significant corruption.”
Guatemala inaugurated leftist President Bernardo Arévalo in the early morning hours of Monday following a series of delays.
Argentine President-elect Javier Milei won the nation’s top office on November 19 by standing against many of the policies and values that define the administration of his American counterpart Joe Biden – and presents a serious challenge to Biden’s Latin America policy.
Guatemalan leftist candidate Bernardo Arévalo emerged as the winner of Guatemala’s 2023 presidential runoff election on Sunday, defeating leftist former first lady and first-round front-runner Sandra Torres.
Guatemala held the first round of its presidential election on Sunday, resulting in more “null” votes than the total for any single candidate.
The governments of Guatemala and Colombia are at an impasse after Guatemala’s Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Impunity announced on Monday that it would take unspecified “legal actions” against Colombian Defense Minister Iván Velásquez.
Leftist masked rioters took the streets of Guatemala on Tuesday to protest against the nation’s conservative president, Alejandro Giammattei, and his government.
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Tuesday, marking the first visit by a Latin American head of state to Ukraine since Russia’s latest invasion in February.
President Alejandro Giammattei of Guatemala told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview last week that President Joe Biden should take more action to prevent drug trafficking out of Venezuela, suggesting that Biden’s decision to “negotiate oil” with the repressive Venezuelan socialist regime may be negatively impacting law enforcement efforts.
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei has not spoken to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris since January and says “greater communication” is needed between Guatemala and the United States to address the countries’ ongoing migration crisis.
resident Alejandro Giammattei of Guatemala told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview this week that he would never consider buying oil from socialist Venezuela, calling such a deal – which U.S. President Joe Biden is reportedly considering – akin to “nourishing the devil.”
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei is forging ahead with an unwavering pro-life posture in his country while the issue of abortion is at centerstage in the United States.
The president of Guatemala gave the keynote address at a pro-life gathering after being excluded from Biden’s Summit for Democracy this week.
(See updates below) During an interview with the Fox News Channel on Wednesday, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said he hasn’t spoken to the White House about illegal immigration since his meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris back in June. Giammattei
Guatemala joined the pro-life, Trump-initiated Geneva Consensus Declaration, which the Biden administration rejected this year.
President Joe Biden’s border chief told government leaders in Guatemala that he is seeking to create “other legal paths” for migrants to enter the United States, according to a Spanish-language news agency.
VP Harris told reporters in Mexico Tuesday that countries in the region are at fault for the U.S. southern border crisis.
Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador have all blamed the Biden administration’s immigration policies for the border crisis.
President Joe Biden should help Guatemalan migrants and visa workers get Americans’ wages — in exchange for Guatemala helping to curb the flow of worldwide migrants across the border, according to Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei.
The Biden administration, however, has sent the opposite message to potential migrants by rolling back former President Donald Trump’s policies to reduce the number of migrants coming to the United States and claiming asylum.
Guatemalan President Giammattei blamed the U.S. southern border crisis on the Biden administration sending a welcoming message to migrants.
Vice President Harris is betting on Guatemala alone to help manage the migrant surge fueled mainly by Central Americans.
U.S. VP Kamala Harris met with a group of similar-minded women Thursday considered leading voices on Guatemala’s troubled justice system.
VP Harris spoke to the president of Finland Monday about addressing the surge of migrants from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to meet virtually with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei to “collaborate” on migration solutions, according to a statement from a White House official.
Hundreds of rioters in Guatemala vandalized and set fire to parts of the national congressional building in the capital, Guatemala City, on Saturday.
