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Luis de Lión. Luis de Lión, born José Luis de León Díaz (August 19, 1939 – June 6, 1984) was a Guatemalan writer kidnapped on May 15, 1984 by elements of Guatemalan Army intelligence, and henceforth "disappeared". His posthumous novel, El tiempo principia en Xibalbá ( Time Commences in Xibalbá) is considered an important work in modern ...
List of journalists killed in Guatemala. Guatemala is one of the most dangerous countries for journalists and media workers in Latin America. [1] [2] At least 342 journalists were murdered and 126 were disappeared or illegally arrested during the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996). [2] [3] On average, that would calculate to one attack each ...
Corporación Multi Inversiones. Juan Luis Bosch Gutiérrez is a Guatemalan businessman, a grandson of Spanish-born businessman Juan Bautista Gutiérrez as well as a son of Alfonso Bosch and Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch, the late chairwoman of the Fundación Juan Bautista Gutiérrez. [1] He is married to Elvira Molina de Bosch and has 4 children.
Antigua Guatemala (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtiɣwa ɣwateˈmala]), commonly known as Antigua or La Antigua, is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala. The city was the capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala from 1543 through 1773, with much of its Baroque -influenced architecture and layout dating from that period.
5. Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño (29 July 1934 – 6 September 2021) was a Chilean-Guatemalan businesswoman and philanthropist. She managed the McDonald's franchise in Guatemala from its start in 1974 and is recognized for having introduced a concept for a small children's menu to the company that would lead to the creation of the "Happy Meal".
12 June 1975. (1975-06-12) (aged 90) Rafael Arévalo Martínez (25 July 1884, Guatemala City –12 June 1975, Guatemala City) was a Guatemalan writer. He was a novelist, short-story writer, poet, diplomat, and director of Guatemala’s national library for more than 20 years. Though Arévalo Martínez’s fame has waned, he is still considered ...
Livingston is a town, with a population of 17,923 (2018 census), [2] in Izabal Department, eastern Guatemala, at the mouth of the Río Dulce at the Gulf of Honduras. The town serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. It was Guatemala's main port on the Caribbean Sea before the construction of nearby Puerto Barrios .
Guatemala City was the scene of the declaration of independence of Central America from Spain, and became the capital of the United Provinces of Central America in 1821. Independence of Central America. 15 September 1821. Signing of the declaration of independence of Central America inside the Royal Palace in 1821. Rafael Beltranena painting.