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    Álvaro Colom Caballeros (Spanish: [ˈalβaɾo koˈlon]; 15 June 1951 – 23 January 2023) was a Guatemalan engineer, businessman, and politician who served as...
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    first lady of Guatemala from 2008 to 2011, as the wife of president Álvaro Colom. As the candidate of the National Unity of Hope party, Torres ran for...
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  • in the 1920s Álvaro Colom (1951–2023), President of Guatemala Álvaro Cunhal (1913–2005), Portuguese communist politician Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count...
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  • message saying if he were murdered, Álvaro Colom Caballeros, President of Guatemala, Gustavo Alejos, Sandra Torres de Colom, and Gregorio Valdés would have...
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  • Colom (Eastern Calatan: [kuˈlom]) is a Catalan surname meaning "dove". Notable people with the surname include: Álvaro Colom (1951-2023), Guatemalan politician...
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    votes to go to the second round, making the election a race between Álvaro Colom, leader of the National Unity of Hope (UNE), and Berger. Running on a...
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    served as president from 1986 to 1991. Álvaro Colom (VP: José Rafael Espada) for the National Unity of Hope (UNE). Colom was the runner-up in the 2003 presidential...
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  • 200,000 indigenous and Mayan people died. In December 2011, President Álvaro Colom made a formal apology for the massacre on behalf of the Guatemalan government...
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    Park in western Petén. To combat deforestation, Guatemalan president Álvaro Colom proposed dramatically expanding ecotourism around Maya archaeological...
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    Retrieved 2023-02-24. "Álvaro Colom y varios exministros son capturados por caso Transurbano". Retrieved 2023-03-25. "Captura de Álvaro Colom llama la atención...
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    served as Vice President of Guatemala from 2008 to 2012 under President Alvaro Colom. Espada unsuccessfully ran for president during the 2023 general election...
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    votes in the initial contest on 9 September, he lost the election to Álvaro Colom of the National Unity of Hope in the second round on 4 November 2007...
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    mayor of Guatemala City, Óscar Berger, and the more left-wing candidate Álvaro Colom. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume...
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  • January 2023. "Gobierno declara duelo nacional por muerte de expresidente Álvaro Colom | Recursos para Prensa - Gobierno de Guatemala". "Palestine's president...
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    February 2009, Los Zetas threatened to kill the president of Guatemala, Álvaro Colom. On March 1, 2010, Guatemala's chief of national police and the country's...
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    alliance, which was finalized on 12 February 1999, nominated the moderate Álvaro Colom, who in 2011 eventually was successful in seeking the presidential office...
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  • Congress. In the November 2007, second round presidential elections, Álvaro Colom of the UNE was elected president, defeating ex-general Otto Perez Molina...
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    2014–2019 Óscar Berger, President of the Republic of Guatemala, 2004–2008 Álvaro Colom, President of the Republic of Guatemala, 2008–2012 Otto Pérez Molina...
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    vote and 32 out of 158 seats in Congress. Its presidential candidate Álvaro Colom won 26.4% in the presidential elections on the same day and was defeated...
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    Guatemalan Civil War was raging at the same time. Sandra Torres divorced Álvaro Colom on 7 April 2011, leaving the position of First Lady vacant. The position...
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    cover the event, was reportedly killed by volcanic debris. President Álvaro Colom declared a state of calamity in the region adjacent to the volcano, and...
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    Antonio Saca (2004) Bingu wa Mutharika (2005) Thomas Remengesau Jr. (2007) Álvaro Colom (2008) Anote Tong (2009) Fernando Lugo (2011) Juan Orlando Hernández...
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    * 2009–2014  El Salvador Salvador Sánchez Cerén 2014–2019  Guatemala Álvaro Colom * 2008–2012  Honduras Manuel Zelaya 2006–2009  Honduras Xiomara Castro...
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    4 years National Solidarity Party / Grand National Alliance 2003 47 Álvaro Colom (1951–2023) 14 January 2008 14 January 2012 4 years National Unity of...
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  • exclusively on external threats. Presidents Álvaro Arzú and his successors Alfonso Portillo, Óscar Berger and Álvaro Colom, have used a constitutional clause to...
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  • France (1936–1937; 1938) Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany (1969–1974) Álvaro Colom, President of Guatemala (2008–2012) Alexander Dubček, leader of the Czechoslovak...
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  • Dundee), heart attack. Milton Bradley, 88, British racehorse trainer. Álvaro Colom, 71, Guatemalan engineer, businessman and politician, president (2008–2012)...
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  • possible migrants who might be the ones killed. The president of that time, Álvaro Colom, said that this massacre "sets a new challenge and threat for immigration;...
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  • presidential campaigns of Vinicio Cerezo, Alfonso Portillo, Álvaro Arzú and Álvaro Colom and father of singer Carlos Peña. On 1 August 2022, the Supreme...
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    1993) President Álvaro Arzú (1996) President Alfonso Portillo (2000, 2002) President Óscar Berger (2005, 2006, 2007) President Álvaro Colom (2010, 2011)...
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