2025 in Guatemala
The following lists events in the year 2025 in Guatemala.
Incumbents
Events
February
- 5 February – President Bernardo Arévalo announces an agreement allowing for Guatemala to host migrants deported from the United States.[1]
- 10 February – 2025 Guatemala City bus crash. A bus falls off of a bridge over the Las Vacas River in Guatemala City, Guatemala, killing at least 55 people, and seriously injuring 9 others.[2]
- 11 February – Former congressman Jose Armando Ubico Aguilar is sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment by a US court for involvement in trafficking cocaine to the United States.[3]
March
- 10 March –
- The Volcán de Fuego erupts, forcing the evacuation of nearly 300 families.[4]
- Journalist José Rubén Zamora is returned to prison after his appeals against the reversal of his house arrest are denied.[5]
April
- 23 April – Deputy energy and mines minister Luis Pacheco is arrested on charges of terrorism related to his role in protests by indigenous peoples in 2023.[6]
Holidays
Source:[7]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 17–19 April – Holy Week
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 1 July – Army Day
- 15 September – Independence Day
- 20 October – Guatemalan Revolution
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
References
- ^ "Guatemala gives Rubio a second deportation deal for migrants being sent home from the US". AP News. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "Al menos 55 muertos en Guatemala tras la caída de un autobús desde un puente". France 24 (in Spanish). February 10, 2025. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
- ^ "Ex-Guatemalan congressman gets 18 years in U.S. prison in international drug trafficking conspiracy". AP News. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Guatemala's Volcano of Fire calms and evacuees return home". AP News. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Guatemala returns newspaper founder to jail in a case decried by advocates". AP News. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Guatemala arrests Indigenous leader of 2023 protests, accusing him of terrorism". AP News. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Guatemala Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
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