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The Secretariats of the Presidency is a body within the executive branch of the Guatemalan government that supports the functions and agenda of the President. Secretariats are restricted from executing government programs, projects, or other functions designated to Ministries or other government institutions.
Watercolors of Popayán Province painted in 1853 by Manuel María Paz show indigenous peoples wearing the ruana in the village of Pancitará (or Pansitará), [1] and women called Llapangas known for "embroidery, dressmaking, or shop work," who wore embroidered cotton blouses, flannel skirts, and "neat, well-groomed bare feet."
Popayán also served as a colonial mine, and produced various denominations of gold escudo coins and silver reales from 1760 through 1819; it continued producing coinage for the new Republic of Colombia after 1826. [5] Popayán has been destroyed by several earthquakes. The most recent and destructive lasted eighteen seconds and occurred on 31 ...
The Chief of the General Staff (Spanish: Jefe del Estado Mayor) is the professional head of the Guatemalan Armed Forces. They are responsible for the administration and operational control of the military. It is the highest achievable commissioned officer rank that may be attained in the Guatemalan Armed Forces.
ISO 3166-2:GT is the entry for Guatemala in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Currently for Guatemala, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for ...
This article lists events occurring in Mexico during 2020. 2020 is the "Year of Leona Vicario, Benemérita (Praiseworthy) Mother of the Fatherland". [1] The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels and will include a brief year-end summary of major social and economic issues.
June 3: The government of Mexico City announces its Plan de Reduccíon de Emisisiones del Sector Movilidad ("Plan for Reduction of Emissions in Transportation") with the intent of reducing vehicular-caused pollution by 2024. The plan includes severe restrictions on private and commercial transportation and encourages the use of mass transit and ...