The president of HondurasXiomara Castro, arrived this Saturday at Guatemala to witness tomorrow the investiture of the new president of his neighboring country, Bernardo Arévalo de León.
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Castro arrived on his private plane at around 5:50 p.m. local time (23:50 GMT) at the La Aurora air terminal, in the south of the capital of the Central American country, as confirmed by various 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,” Castro stated through his official accounts.
Castro She is the third head of state of the 9 who will arrive in Guatemala in the next few hours, after 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 addressed issues related to “the defense of democracy” as “brotherly people.”
The new president of Guatemala He will take office after winning the 2023 elections in a surprising way and remaining standing after repeated attempts by the Public Ministry (Prosecutor’s Office) to annul the results of the elections.
the same Arévalo de León 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 Arévalo de León will be attended by nine heads of state, including the presidents of Colombia and Chile, Gustavo Petro and Gabriel Boricrespectively, among others.
The act of change of Government this Sunday will take place at the Miguel Ángel Asturias national theater, in the center of the City of Guatemalaat 2:00 p.m. local time (20:00 GMT) with an extensive security device.
