Editing History of Guatemala (section)

===== Tenures of Jimmy Morales and Alejandro Giammattei (2016–2024) =====
In October 2015, following massive anti-corruption demonstrations, former TV comedian [[Jimmy Morales]] was elected as the new President of Guatemala in the [[2015 Guatemalan general election]]. He took office in January 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35320332|title = Jimmy Morales inaugurated as new Guatemala president|work = BBC News|date = 15 January 2016}}</ref>

In January 2017, President Morales announced that Guatemala would move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, becoming the first nation to follow the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/guatemala-says-it-will-move-its-embassy-from-tel-aviv-to-jerusalem-1.5629570|title = Guatemala Says It Will Move Its Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem|newspaper = Haaretz}}</ref>

In January 2020, [[Alejandro Giammattei]] replaced Jimmy Morales as President of Guatemala after winning the [[2019 Guatemalan general election]] in August 2019, running on a "tough-on-crime" platform.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/guatemala-swears-in-alejandro-giammattei-as-president/a-52006121|title = Guatemala swears in Alejandro Giammattei as president &#124; DW &#124; 15.01.2020| website=[[Deutsche Welle]] }}</ref>

In November 2020, large [[2020 Guatemalan protests|protests and demonstrations]] erupted across Guatemala against President Alejandro Giammattei and the legislature, sparked by cuts to education and health spending.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Guatemala protesters set congress on fire during budget protests |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/22/guatemala-protesters-set-congress-on-fire-during-budget-protests |work=The Guardian |date=22 November 2020}}</ref>