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The Guatemalan Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Guatemala) is the unified military organization comprising the Guatemalan Army, Navy, Air Force, and Presidential Honor Guard. The president of Guatemala is the commander-in-chief of the military, and formulates policy, training, and budget through the Minister of Defence.
The Military ranks of Guatemala are the military insignia used by the Armed Forces of Guatemala. Commanders. Rank group Leadership Ministro de defensa nacional:
Kaibil at a military parade in Guatemala City, 2 July 2024. According to the Ministry of Defence, the Kaibil Centre's mission is to train and develop elite commando forces: "To select, by means of arduous, difficult training under physical and mental pressure, members of the army capable of engaging in commando operations."
The Ministry of National Defence (Spanish: Ministerio de la Defensa de la Nación) is the agency of the Guatemalan government responsible for the budget, training and policy of the military of Guatemala. Based in Guatemala City, the Defence Ministry is highly guarded, and the President of Guatemala frequently visits.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales announced Friday that he is shutting down a crusading U.N.-sponsored anti-graft commission that pressed a number of high-profile ...
Dominance of Guatemala in Central America; Filibuster War (1856–1857) Costa Rica Nicaragua Mosquitia Guatemala Honduras El Salvador United States Filibusters: Victory. William Walker's army is defeated and he is arrested by the American Navy; War of 1863 (1863) Guatemala Salvadoran Deserters El Salvador Honduras: Victory. Overthrow of Gerardo ...
Military coups in Guatemala (7 P) M. Defense ministers of Guatemala (15 P) P. Guatemalan military personnel (5 C, 14 P) S. Special forces of Guatemala (1 P)
The Anti-Arevalist coup, aiming to prevent former President Juan José Arévalo from taking power again, (1945–1951) was mainly executed by two army garrisons in the nation's capital of Guatemala City - Guardia De Honor and Mariscal Zavala [3] - and led by two military figures: Colonel Enrique Peralta Azuria, Minister of Defence during the Ydígoras administration, and Colonel Catalino ...