Sources: NPR
Former Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei is barred from entering the U.S. after the State Department accuses him of "significant corruption". 2024-01-17
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei pays an official visit to Taiwan to reaffirm support for Taiwan as one of the 13 countries which recognize Taiwan in the One-China policy dispute. China condemns Giammattei's visit. 2023-04-25
One person is wounded in an assassination attempt on President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei. The president is unharmed. 2022-07-30
The Congress of the Republic rejects the approval of the state of calamity which, among other measures, imposed a curfew between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. in addition to restrictions on mobility and freedom of assembly. President Alejandro Giammattei defended the entry into force of these measures on August 13 as reducing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. 2021-08-24
Iceland becomes the first country in Europe to lift all remaining COVID-19-related restrictions due to a vaccination campaign that saw 88% of the population receive at least one vaccine dose. 2021-06-26
In Guatemala, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announces several steps to address the migration crisis at the Northern Triangle during a joint conference with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei. She also urged migrants not to flee to the Mexico–United States border. 2021-06-7
Cambodia reports a record 655 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 8,848. 2021-04-23
President Sebastián Piñera extends the state of catastrophe for another three months until March 13, 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic. 2020-12-3
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei cuts ties with the government of disputed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and closes Guatemala's embassy in Caracas. 2020-01-16
Alejandro Giammattei takes the oath of office as President of Guatemala for the next four years. Also 160 new members of Congress are installed for a new parliamentary period of four years. 2020-01-14