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Heinz Harold Heimann Ochaita is 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 writer and academic who served as the presidential spokesperson for the
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government from January 14, 2016, until June 19, 2018. During his tenure as presidential spokesman, Heimann attracted some controversy over his brief statements on the decisions or opinions of Morales. He was dismissed by the Secretariat of Social Communication of the Presidency of Guatemala after issuing statements explaining that the government respected the immigration policies of U.S. President
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, in which more than 2,000 Guatemalan children were separated from their families. This was criticized by various national and international actors. The Guatemalan government subsequently issued a statement distancing themselves from the statements and also announcing their dismissal of Heimann.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Heimann, Heinz Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Guatemala City Guatemalan academics Guatemalan male writers