Tense Meeting Between Totonicapán’s 48 Cantons and Presidency Sends Indigenous Group Back to Congress
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- Authorities from Totonicapán’s 48 Cantons held a lengthy meeting with President Bernardo Arévalo and the energy minister at the National Palace of Culture.
- The indigenous group then moved back toward Guatemala’s Congress, where its mobilization had begun.
The mobilization by authorities from Totonicapán’s 48 Cantons took a tense turn after a lengthy meeting with the presidency.
The group began the day at the Congress of the Republic before traveling to the National Palace of Culture. There, its representatives met with President Bernardo Arévalo and the minister of Energy and Mines.
After the meeting, the indigenous authorities made a new move toward the legislature, bringing the day’s mobilization back to Congress.
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