2022 in Guatemala
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The following lists events in the year 2022 in Guatemala.
Incumbents
[edit]- President:Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla (since 2020)
- Vice-President: César Guillermo Castillo Reyes (since 2020)
Events
[edit]Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala
January
[edit]- A court sentences five former paramilitary members to 30 years for the rapes and enslavement of 36 Mayan women between 1981 and 1985.[1]
February
[edit]- 16 February – 2022 Guatemala earthquake: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes southern Guatemala, causing light damage, landslides, three deaths from heart attacks, and injuring two people.[2]
March
[edit]- 8 March –
- Journalist Orlando Villanueva is killed in Puerto Barrios.[1]
- Congress passes the Law for the Protection of Life and the Family, raising abortion penalties to 25 years, banning same-sex marriage, and restricting teaching on sexual diversity.[3]
May
[edit]- 16 May – President Alejandro Giammattei reappoints Consuelo Porras as Attorney General amid a criticized selection process. On the same day, the United States sanctions her over accusations of involvement in significant corruption.[1][4]
June
[edit]- 25 June – Guatemala Pride returns after two years, drawing over 10,000 participants and featuring embassy delegations.[5]
- 29 June – Guatemala’s under-20 football team qualifies for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup after defeating Mexico on penalties in the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[6]
July
[edit]- 9 July – Guatemala puts 66 of its municipalities on alert due to a sharp increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.[7]
- 30 July –
- Armed civilians attack a checkpoint during President Giammattei’s visit to La Laguna, Huehuetenango; one person is injured, four arrested, the president is unharmed, and the official account is questioned.[8]
- Journalist José Rubén Zamora, founder of El Periódico, is arrested on allegations of money laundering and blackmail; he begins a hunger strike in protest.[9]
August
[edit]- 11 August – Demonstrators protest alleged government corruption outside Guatemala’s National Palace of Culture.[1]
- 30 August – Foreign Minister Mario Búcaro meets with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei, affirming that Guatemala will "always support" Taiwan. China criticizes the visit as political manipulation.[10]
September
[edit]- A judge acquits journalist Carlos Choc, after he was previously accused of incitement related to a 2021 Indigenous protest.[1]
November
[edit]- 16 November – Prosecutors accuse President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and Vice President-elect Karin Herrera of backing university protests, and request to strip their political immunity.[11]
- A judge overseeing a forced disappearance case resigns and leaves the country. UDEFEGUA then reports the government failed to implement a IACHR ruling to protect human rights defenders.[12]
December
[edit]- 7 December – Former President Otto Pérez Molina and ex-Vice President Roxana Baldetti are sentenced to 16 years in prison for illicit association and customs fraud in the La Línea corruption case.[13]
Deaths
[edit]- January 6 – Rómulo Méndez, 83, football referee[14]
- February 17 – Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes, 96, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Verapaz (1971–2001)[15]
- February 24 – Roberto Carpio, 91, politician, vice president (1986–1991)[16]
- March 14 – José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa, 92, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Guatemala (1967–2010)[17]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Human Rights Watch (2023-01-12), "Guatemala: Events of 2022", Human Rights Watch, retrieved 2025-08-06
- ^ "Sismo de 6.2 grados deja a tres muertos en Guatemala". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ Menchu, Sofia (2022-03-09). "Guatemala law punishes abortion with prison for up to 25 years". Reuters. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ "U.S. sanctions Guatemala's attorney general over accusations of corruption". Reuters. 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ "Pride 2022: una fiesta de resistencia a la existencia diversa". No-Ficción (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Dominican Republic make history, Moreno a hero for Guatemala". Concacaf. 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ "Guatemala aumenta a 66 sus municipios en alerta roja por la covid-19". Infobae (in European Spanish). 9 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ Solórzano, Andrea (2022-07-31). "Gobierno manipula, en momento álgido, con "atentado"". La Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ Menchu, Sofia (2022-07-30). "Guatemala detains renowned journalist on money laundering, blackmail allegations". Reuters. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ Blanchard, Ben; Baptista, Eduardo; Blanchard, Ben (2022-08-30). "Guatemala pledges support for Taiwan, China accuses island of 'political manipulation'". Reuters. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ Abbott, Jeff. "What's behind efforts to strip Guatemala's president-elect of his immunity?". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Guatemala: Freedom in the World 2023 Country Report". Freedom House. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ Menchu, Sofia (2022-12-08). "Guatemala court sentences ex-President Perez, ex-VP in graft case". Reuters. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ "Fallece Rómulo Méndez el árbitro guatemalteco que estuvo en los mundiales de 1982 y 1986" (in Spanish). 6 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Fallece Monseñor Gerardo Flores, obispo emérito de La Verapaz". www.soy502.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Former Vice President of Guatemala Roberto Carpio Nicolle dies at 92 – Prensa Libre - D1SoftballNews.com". 2022-02-25. Archived from the original on 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Bishop José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
External links
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