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Máximo Santa Cruz
Máximo Augusto Santa Cruz Anchissi (born in 1968) is a Guatemalan diplomat and politician. He was the vice presidential nominee in the 2023 Guatemalan general election, 2023 election running alongside presidential nominee Edmond Mulet. Biography Santa Cruz was appointed as the Guatemalan Consul General in Miami, Florida in 1996. He later became involved in national politics and was appointed as private cecretary to Vice President of Guatemala, Vice President Eduardo Stein from 2004 to 2008. Stein appointed Santa Cruz as National Executive Director for Guatemala in the Trifinio Plan in 2006. Santa Cruz was an unsuccessful candidate for deputy for the National Development Action (ADN) party in the 2011 Guatemalan general election, 2011 general election. In 2012, Santa Cruz was appointed advisor by Commissioner Adela de Torrebiarte in the Ministry of the Interior (Guatemala), Ministry of the Interior. Later, he was an unsuccessful candidate for syndic in the 2019 Guatemala City ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Honduras; to the southeast by El Salvador and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. With an estimated population of around million, Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America and the 11th most populous country in the Americas. It is a representative democracy with its capital and largest city being Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, also known as Guatemala City, the most populous city in Central America. The territory of modern Guatemala hosted the core of the Maya civilization, which extended across Mesoamerica. In the 16th century, most of this area was conquered by the Spanish and claimed as part of the viceroyalty of New Spain. Guatemala attained independence in 1821 from Spain and Mexico. In 1823, it became part of the Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Guatemalan General Election
General elections were held in Guatemala on 25 June 2023 to elect the president and vice president, all 160 seats of the Congress, all 20 members of the Central American Parliament, and mayors and councils for all 340 municipalities in the country. Incumbent president Alejandro Giammattei was constitutionally prohibited from running for a second four-year term. As no presidential candidate obtained over 50% of the vote, a second round was scheduled between the top two finishers on 20 August. The official count of the general election by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal indicated that Sandra Torres from National Unity of Hope and Bernardo Arévalo from Semilla would contest the second round. However, the certification of the result by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal was delayed after the Constitutional Court of Guatemala granted an injunction to 10 parties that challenged the result. The court wants to compare the tallies in the electoral system with the tallies from the polling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Mulet
Edmond Auguste Mulet Lesieur (born 13 March 1951) is a Guatemalan diplomat, lawyer and notary public. He was appointed Head of the independent three-member panel to lead the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism on 27 April 2017. Mulet served as the last Chief of Staff to former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Previously, he was Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations. He was appointed to this position on 2 June 2011. He was the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of mission of MINUSTAH, having assumed the functions of acting head of mission in the immediate aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, in which the previous head of mission, Hédi Annabi of Tunisia, perished. Mulet served a previous term in this position between June 2006 and August 2007. Immediately prior to taking up his post, he was United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of municipalities in Florida, second-most populous city in Florida and the eleventh-most populous city in the Southeastern United States. The Miami metropolitan area is the ninth largest in the U.S. with a population of 6.138 million in 2020. The city has the List of tallest buildings in the United States#Cities with the most skyscrapers, third-largest skyline in the U.S. with over List of tallest buildings in Miami, 300 high-rises, 58 of which exceed . Miami is a major center and leader in finance, commerce, culture, arts, and international trade. Miami's metropolitan area is by far the largest urban econ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba; it is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Spanning , Florida ranks 22nd in area among the 50 states, and with a population of over 21 million, it is the third-most populous. The state capital is Tallahassee, and the most populous city is Jacksonville. The Miami metropolitan area, with a population of almost 6.2 million, is the most populous urban area in Florida and the ninth-most populous in the United States; other urban conurbations with over one million people are Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Jacksonville. Various Native American groups have inhabited Florida for at least 14,000 years. In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León became the first k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice President Of Guatemala
Vice president of Guatemala is a political position in Guatemala which is since 1966 elected concurrently with the position of President of Guatemala. The current Vice President is Guillermo Castillo Reyes. The Vice President needs to be a Guatemalan citizen of over 40 years of age. Historically, there have been provisions for multiple Vice Presidents or presidential designates elected for one-year-term. The election was carried in Congress of Guatemala. A provision for First and Second Vice Presidents existed 1882–1921, 1921–1928 and 1956–1966. A provision for First, Second and Third Vice Presidents existed 1921 and 1928–1944. History of the office holders follows. 1882–1921 1921 1921–1928 1928–1944 1948–1951 1956–1966 1966 onwards See also *List of current Vice Presidents References {{Deputy heads of government of North America Government of Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, Repúbl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Stein
Dr. Eduardo Stein Barillas (born 20 October 1946) is a Guatemalan diplomat who served as the Vice President of Guatemala from 14 January 2004 to 14 January 2008, serving a concurrent four-year mandate with President Óscar Berger. He is currently the Joint Special Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration for Venezuelan refugees and migrants. Prior to his election, he held a number of positions with the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Development Programme, and the Organization of American States. He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Álvaro Arzú from 14 January 1996 to 14 January 2000. Eduardo Stein is a Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that offers, discreetly and confidentially, a range of experienced advisors to political leaders facing difficult situations. Stein is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue. On 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Guatemalan General Election
General elections were held in Guatemala on 11 September 2011 in order to elect the President, Vice President, members of Congress, members of the Central American Parliament and mayors and councillors for all municipalities. The Patriotic Party emerged as the largest party in Congress, winning 56 of the 158 seats. As no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, a second round of the presidential election was held on 6 November with Otto Pérez Molina of the PP facing Manuel Baldizón of Renewed Democratic Liberty. Pérez was elected with 53.7% of the vote. Campaign Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity and other leftist groups ran under the Broad Front of the Left banner, nominating Rigoberta Menchú as their presidential candidate. Guatemala's high crime rate was a major issue in the campaign as it sits near the Mexican border that is a conduit for drug trafficking. Baldizon campaigned on the premise of having Guatemala's football team to the World Cup. He also promised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adela De Torrebiarte
Adela Ana María del Rosario Camacho Sinibaldi de Torrebiarte (30 March 1949 – 16 December 2020) was a Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...n politician. Career She served as the president of the National Football Federation of Guatemala (FENAFUTG) from 2016 to 2017. She was also a candidate in the 2011 presidential election. She had two children, Luis Pedro and Maria Inés. She is survived by her grandchildren, Santiago, Andres, Alejandro, Isabel, Gabriel, Lucia, and Marcelo. Her funeral took place on 16 December 2020. She was a founding member of the ''Suffering Mothers'' which is a support group for her country's kidnap victims. When she was Interior Minister in 2007 she reacted to the killing of three politicians from Salvador and the executio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of The Interior (Guatemala)
The Ministry of the Interior ( es, Ministerio de Gobernación or MINGOB) is a government ministry of Guatemala, headquartered in Zone 1 of Guatemala City. " Ministry of the Interior (Guatemala). Retrieved on March 3, 2016. "6a avenida 13-71 zona 1, Guatemala, Guatemala." Agencies * - Prison system * ([...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Guatemala City Mayoral Election
The 2019 Guatemala City mayoral election was held on 16 June 2019. The elections will be held next to the 2019 Guatemalan general election, presidential, legislative, municipal and Central American Parliament elections. Twenty-three candidates were presented. The current mayor Ricardo Quiñónez took office after the death of Álvaro Arzú, and is presented for the first time as a candidate for mayor and maintain the hegemony of the Unionist Party (Guatemala), Unionist Party in Guatemala City. The polls show a close contest between the opposition candidate Roberto González Díaz-Durán from the Commitment, Renewal and Order (CREO), which competes for the third time to win the mayor's office and the current mayor Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus of Unionist Party (Guatemala), Unionist Party. They are followed by Álvaro Véliz of Semilla (political party), Semilla, Luis García of Fuerza (political party), Fuerza and Fernando Sánchez of the National Unity of Hope. In this election, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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