Guatemala
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democratic republic
- CONSTITUTION
- January 14, 1986, suspended in 1993, reintroduced and amended in November 2003
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- civil rights; judicial review of legislative acts
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of Justice, Constitutional Court
RELIGIONS
Catholics, Protestants, indigenous Maya beliefs
From the country
- AUGUST 6, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Guatemalan lawmakers began debating a presidential...
Guatemalan lawmakers began debating a presidential request to ban capital punishment
- AUGUST 1, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Guatemalan Ambassador to the Organization of American...
Guatemalan Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) Arturo Duarte told the body that his government plans to abolish the death penalty
- JULY 30, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II expressed satisfaction with the decision...
Pope John Paul II expressed satisfaction with the decision of President Alfonso Portillo to ask the Guatemalan Congress to abolish capital punishment
- JULY 27, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Heeding a call from Pope John Paul II, Guatemalan President...
Heeding a call from Pope John Paul II, Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo agreed to halt state executions during his administration and will ask the National Assembly to abolish the death penalty altogether
- MAY 9, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
The U
The U
- APRIL 25, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Guatemala abstained from the resolution 2002/77 on...
Guatemala abstained from the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 23, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Police recaptured a convict who escaped with 78 other...
Police recaptured a convict who escaped with 78 other prisoners from a maximum-security jail on Guatemala's southern coast on June 17, 2001, but 19 of the escapees remain at large