:2019 in Guatemala
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{{Year in Guatemala|2019}}
The following lists events in the year 2019 in Guatemala.
Incumbents
Events
- 28 March – At least 18 killed when a truck crashes into a crowd along the Pan-American Highway in Nahualá, Solola[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/guatemala-crash-truck-nahuala-solola-death-toll-latest-a8843151.html Guatemala crash: At least 18 killed after truck ploughs into group of people] The Independent (London), 28 March 2020
- 16 June – Scheduled date for the 2019 Guatemalan general election
- 11 August – Alejandro Giammattei wins the second round of the presidential elections with 58% of the vote, defeating Sandra Torres, wife of the current president.{{citation|website=Democracy Now.org|title=Right-Wing Candidate Alejandro Giammattei Wins Guatemala Presidency |date=August 12, 2019|accessdate=August 12, 2019 |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2019/8/12/headlines/right_wing_candidate_alejandro_giammattei_wins_guatemala_presidency}}
Deaths
- 10 January – Juan Francisco Reyes, politician, Vice President (b. 1938).{{cite web |url=https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/politica/muere-el-exvicepresidente-juan-francisco-reyes-lopez |title=Muere el exvicepresidente Juan Francisco Reyes López |language = es |website = prensalibre.com |accessdate=11 January 2019}}
- 28 January – Humberto Ak'ab'al, poet (b. 1952).[https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/comunitario/fallece-el-poeta-kiche-humberto-akabal/ Fallece el poeta k’iché Humberto Ak’abal] {{in lang|es}}
- 13 April – Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Huehuetenango (b. 1932).[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbobad.html Bishop Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata]
- 14 May – Wilmer Josue Ramirez Vasquez, 2, Guatemalan refugee who died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in El Paso, Texas; multiple intestinal and respiratory infectious diseases[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-mexico-border-migrants-toddler-dead-diseases-el-paso-influenza-e-coli-guatemala-a8985846.html Guatemalan toddler who died after US border detention in ‘inhumane conditions’ had multiple diseases] The Independent (London), 14 May 2019
- 25 September – Michael Coe, 90, American archaeologist and anthropologist who worked in Guatemala and Mexico (b. 1929)[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michael-coe-death-archaeology-anthropology-maya-civilisation-guatemala-mexico-america-a9142006.html Michael Coe: Archaeologist who shone a light on the Maya civilisation] By Harrison Smith, The Independent (London), 16 Oct 2019
- 1 November – Rina Lazo, 93, muralist (Fertile Earth), painter, and activist in Guatemala (Order of the Quetzal, 2004) and Mexico (b. Guatemala City, 1923)[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/rina-lazo-death-artist-muralis-guatemala-mexico-revolution-diego-rivera-frida-kahlo-a9198616.html Rina Lazo: Guatemalan muralist who was emboldened by a revolutionary spirit] The Independent (London), 23 Nov 2019
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