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Cuilco, as the municipality's head town, contains the municipal government housed in the municipal building near the center plaza of town. As of 2007, the municipal building ("muni") employed about 15 people, providing many services to the surrounding villages and to Cuilco itself. Export crops include corn, coffee and panela. Tourism to Cuilco ...
Dionisio de Herrera (1781–1850) Supreme Director: 16 September 1824 10 May 1827 : 2 years, 236 days Liberal 2 Jose Justo Millia (1794–1838) 10 May 1827 13 September 1827 126 days Liberal — Cleto Bendaña (–) Provisional: 13 September 1827 24 October 1827 41 days Conservative 3 José Jeronimo Zelaya (–) 27 October 1827 11 November 1827
A two real coin with the image of General Rafael Carrera, president of Guatemala between 1844 and 1865 and founder of the Republic of Guatemala in 1847. He was the first mestizo ruler of Latin America, and used Mataquescuintla as the center of operations for his military actions; he had the support of the mestizo and indigenous peasants of the region.
The speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House, and is simultaneously the body's presiding officer, the de facto leader of the body's majority party, and the institution's administrative head. [1] Speakers also perform various administrative and procedural functions, all in addition to representing their own congressional ...
The title secretary of state or state's secretary [note 1] is commonly used for senior or mid-level posts in governments around the world. The role varies between countries, and in some cases there are multiple secretaries of state in the country's system of governing the country.
Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was tricked by the son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and forced to board a plane bound for the United States last month, he said in a statement on Saturday.
The Division of Russian Affairs was established in 1919, and the Division of Political Information was established in 1920. The Department of State underwent its first major overhaul with the Rogers Act of 1924 , which merged the diplomatic and consular services into the Foreign Service , a professionalized personnel system under which the ...
The Cuilco follows its largely northward course through San Marcos, and Huehuetenango, crossing the border with Mexico at , continuing its course northwards into the Presa de La Angostura, one of Mexico's largest artificial lakes. The Cuilco river basin covers an area of 2,274 square kilometres (878 sq mi) in Guatemala.