Guatemala: President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, arrives for the investiture of Bernardo Arévalo de León

The president of HondurasXiomara Castro, arrived this Saturday at Guatemala witness tomorrow the inauguration of the new president of your neighboring country, Bernardo Arevalo de León.

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Castro arrived in his private plane at around 5:50 pm local time (11:50 pm GMT) at the La Aurora air terminal, in the south of the Central American country’s capital, as confirmed by several sources.

“As president of Honduras and president pro tempore of the Central American Integration System (SICA), it is an honor to accompany the people of Guatemala and support their president”, stated Castro in his official accounts.

Castro She is the third head of state of the 9 who will arrive in Guatemala in the coming hours, following the arrival on Friday of the Paraguayan president, Santiago Peña, and this Saturday of the king of Spain, Felipe VI.

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Arévalo visited the Honduran president in Tegucigalpa on January 4, where they discussed issues related to “the defense of democracy” as “brotherly people”.

The new president of Guatemala He will take office after surprisingly winning the 2023 elections and remaining in office after repeated attempts by the Public Ministry (Ministério Público) to overturn the election results.

The same Arevalo de Leon He had already warned on September 1 that the head of the Public Ministry, Consuelo Porras, was carrying out a “coup d’état” to prevent his inauguration.

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The investiture of Arevalo de Leon will be attended by nine heads of state, including the presidents of Colombia and Chile, Gustavo Petro and Gabriel Boricrespectively, among others.

This Sunday’s change of Government event will take place at the Teatro Nacional Miguel Ángel Asturias, in the center of the city of Guatemalato 2pm local time (8pm GMT), with extensive security in place.

Source: Elcomercio

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