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Goals and highlights of Uruguay 1-1 Guatemala in Friendly Match 2024 | 1 September 2024

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Friendly Match – Monday, September 2, 2024 – Stadium: Chase Stadium – Referee: TBA

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With a Uruguayan team full of absences, Guatemala managed to draw in this friendly match.

By Silvia HoyosUpdated September 1, 2024 7:27 PM CSTPhoto: VAVEL

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Darwin Nuñez, suspended for 5 games and fined $20 thousand dollars.

Rodrigo Betancourt, suspended for 4 games and fined $16,000 dollars.

Mathías Olivera, suspended for 3 games and fined $12,000 dollars.

José María Giménez, suspended for 3 games and fined $12 thousand dollars.

Ronald Araújo, suspended for 3 games and fined $12,000 dollars.

Sebastian Caceres, fine of $5 thousand dollars.

Brian Rodriguez, fine of $5 thousand dollars.

Matias Viña, fine of $5 thousand dollars.

Emiliano Martínez, fine of $5 thousand dollars.

Facundo Pellistri, fine of $5 thousand dollars.

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In his two previous matches, Guatemala records two defeats: one against Argentina by a score of 4-1, and another against El Salvador by a score of 1-0, This match being its most recent antecedent.

In their most recent confrontation, The Uruguayans managed to draw against Canada in the match for third place in the Copa América, which they ended up winning in a penalty shootout.

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Two Guatemalans who were injured in an accident in Mexico are receiving consular assistance

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he is Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the support it will give to Guatemalans who were injured in a road accident in Oaxaca, Mexico, where a vehicle ran over a group of people.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Guatemalan Consular Group in the city of Arriaga, Chiapas, Mexico, was responsible for caring for the two injured Guatemalans, aged 21 and 41 respectively. The accident happened when a vehicle ran over a group of more than 600 migrants on the Pan-American Highway.

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The event took place in the city of Niltepec, Oaxaca. The incident left at least three people dead, including a small one, and 17 injured.

The status of the wounded Guatemalan

“It was reported that a 41-year-old man, originally from Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa, was released and the two injured. While the 21-year-old young man, originally from Palencia, showed a possible fracture in his right arm and left ankle. ” This is how the statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs details.

Follow-up and console support

At the moment, the consular mission is monitoring the recovery of the injured Guatemalans and they are still in contact with their families to inform them of the progress of their treatment.

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Guatemalan court orders release of journalist Rubén Zamora

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CGuatemala City. A Guatemalan court on Monday ordered the release for the second time of José Rubén Zamora, a journalist renowned for his investigations into corruption who has been imprisoned for more than two years without a sentence on charges brought by prosecutors for alleged money laundering.

On May 15, the court had ordered an alternative measure to imprisonment so that Zamora could wait out two judicial proceedings against him by the prosecution. However, the prosecution appealed and an appeals court reversed that decision and ruled that, before granting the measure in favor of the journalist, a review should be made of whether the conditions that justified preventive imprisonment at the time had changed.

Zamora, 67, has been recognized nationally and internationally for his investigative journalism exposing corruption in the Guatemalan state.

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On Monday, the court upheld its initial ruling, saying there was no risk of flight or of Zamora obstructing the investigation. Despite the ruling, the journalist must remain in prison as he has a second case pending against him.

The journalist has been in prison since July 2022 when he was accused by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of money laundering. The prosecution accuses him of having tried to bank 38 thousand dollars and questioned the origin of the money, but according to Zamora’s defense, that amount was donated by a person to pay off the commitments of the newspaper El Periódico.

Zamora, who was founder and director of the now-defunct outlet, has denied the accusations.

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In June last year, he was sentenced to six years in prison, but the conviction was overturned due to due process failures.

One of his most relevant publications was the case of the so-called “Magic Carpet”, which revealed alleged bribes paid to former President Alejandro Giammattei in exchange for favoring Russian businessmen for their operations in a port in Guatemala.

Giammattei denied the accusations and the prosecutor’s office never investigated the former president. Instead, it accused Zamora and other Guatemalan journalists.

During Giammattei’s government (2020-2024), several journalists, judicial officials and opponents went into exile after reporting persecution for their fight against corruption.


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Guatemalan Olympic winners will receive a lifetime pension and financial rewards

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The Autonomous Sports Confederation of Guatemala (CDAG) and the Guatemalan Olympic Committee (COG) has approved a series of economic benefits aimed at athletes and coaches participating in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

This measure aims to recognize and reward the efforts of athletes who represent the country in international competitions.

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Lifetime pension for Olympic and Paralympic winners

In a resolution issued on July 29, 2024, the Guatemalan Olympic Committee decided to grant a monthly lifetime pension to Guatemalan athletes who won medals at the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The amount of the pension will be determined according to the medal received:

  • Gold medal: 10 minimum monthly salaries.
  • Silver medal: 8 minimum monthly salaries.
  • Bronze Medal: 6 minimum monthly wages.

This pension comes into effect once the athlete officially retires from his sporting career, complying with the requirements established in the respective regulations.

Financial rewards for athletes and coaches

In addition to the lifetime pension, the delivery of financial awards to the winners and their coaches at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been agreed by the CDAG and the COG.

Awards for athletes

  • Gold Coin: Q3,000,000 (Q1,500,000 for CDAG and Q1,500,000 for COG).
  • Coin Prize: Q2,000,000 (Q1,000,000 for CDAG and Q1,000,000 for COG).
  • Bronze Medal: Q1,250,000 (Q625,000 for CDAG and Q625,000 for COG).
  • 4 to Place (Olympic Diploma): Q500,000.
  • 5 to Place (Olympic Diploma): Q400,000.
  • 6 to at 8vo. Place (Olympic Diploma): Q250,000.

Coach Awards

  • Gold Coin: Q750,000.
  • Coin Prize: Q500,000.
  • Bronze Medal: Q312,500.
  • 4 to Place (Olympic Diploma): Q125,000.
  • 5 to Place (Olympic Diploma): Q100,000.
  • 6 to at 8vo. Place (Olympic Diploma): Q62,500.

Legal basis

These decisions are based on articles of Decree 76-97 of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala, which promotes the development of sports in the country. Relevant articles include:

  • Article 124: Rights of united athletes.
  • Article 192: The highest award.
  • Article 193: Special rules.
  • Article 220: Powers of the CDAG and the COG.

With these measures, Guatemala confirms its commitment to the development of sports, promotes excellence in sports and ensures lasting recognition for those athletes and coaches who raise the name of the country in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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The Constitutional Court requires Nomination Commissions to respect legal deadlines and procedures

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The Constitutional Court (CC). based in the Constitution because we believe that our system is a republic.

As a result, he ordered that the two postulates must adhere to the corresponding procedures, deadlines, objectives and mechanisms to carry out their task in strict adherence to the Constitution and what is established in the laws, especially the law of the Nominating Commissions, regarding the election of the Constitution. lists of candidates for the renewal of the Judicial Branch.

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In addition to refusing to perform tasks and neglecting that could cause a delay in delivery, within the period specified in the Constitution, the list of candidates for the election of judges of the CSJ and Appeals and others of the same category, which are regulated in the Constitution in articles 208, 215 and 217 and 3 and 4 of the Law of Nominating Commissions.

That they carry out their work according to the principles of transparency, professional excellence, impartiality and transparency, a mandate established in article 2 of the Law of Nominating Commissions. In addition to complying with the other duties inherent in the performance of the function of representatives, you must choose the next members of the Judge.

Civil and criminal liabilities

They also point out that the temporary protection is issued under the caveat that, in the event of non-compliance, they will incur corresponding civil and criminal obligations.

The member of parliament presented a constitutional action for protection, due to the delay, to choose the headquarters of the postulants.

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Indigenous “guardians” clean up lake threatened by pollution in Guatemala

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Saint Peter. A hundred indigenous women on Saturday collected rubbish that had accumulated on the shore of the paradisiacal Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, a natural wonder threatened by pollution, in the water and walking along the beach.

The clean-up day is held once a month to preserve the lake, promoted by the Tz’unun Ya’ collective, which brings together women considered the “Guardians of the Lake” in the Tz’utujil Mayan municipality of San Pedro La Laguna, in the west of the country.

“We decided to clean up the lake because there is a lot of trash,” said Maria Gonzalez, 56.

Gonzalez, who was wearing colorful indigenous clothing, waded into the water to collect plastic waste, cans, glass bottles and even clothes, which he put in a bag.

“We should not complain about all the rubbish on the beach” of the lake, insisted the indigenous woman after calling for more people to join the initiative.

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Meanwhile, groups of women spread out to other points along the lake shore to pick up rubbish left behind mainly by tourists visiting towns on the lake shore.

Around twenty members of the fire department’s diving unit also took part in the clean-up, extracting tires and iron parts from the bottom of the lake, explained Nancy González, who coordinated the activity.

The women’s group was formed 14 years ago and has been speaking out against large industries, accusing them of responsibility for plastic pollution.

“Lake Atitlán is undergoing a process of eutrophication – excessive increase in nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus – accelerated by anthropogenic activities or human activities,” explained the person in charge of the laboratory of the Authority for the Sustainable Management of the Lake Atitlán Basin and its Environment, Flor Barreno.

Barreno said the main causes of pollution in the lake are the use of fertilizers and pesticides used in agriculture and the entry of wastewater, as well as waste such as plastics.

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There are currently 20 treatment plants in operation, but they “do not cover all the wastewater produced within the lake basin,” he added.

Lake Atitlán is one of the main tourist sites in Guatemala and is surrounded by the Atitlán, Tolimán and San Pedro volcanoes. It is located between mountains at an altitude of 1,562 meters with a water surface of 125 square kilometers and a maximum depth of 327 meters.

According to official figures, some 380,000 people live in the basin.


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– 2024-08-04 05:56:49

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