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The new president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arevalo, begins his mandate with the objective of combating the well-known "Pacto de Guerreros", a network of political and judicial forces that tried to frustrate his presidential inauguration on January 15 in a ceremony that was not attended by the outgoing president, the neoliberal Alejandro Giammattei.

After a 10-hour delay in the inauguration ceremony caused by right-wing members of the legislature, the Seed Party, for which Bernardo Arevalo ran, won the presidency of Congress and its president swore Arevalo in as president of the country for the next four years.

After presenting his annual speech to the Assembly, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stated that the extreme right-wing president Javier Milei is a "fatal mistake in the history of Argentina" and affirmed that the United States is increasing its military presence in the region taking advantage of the violent crisis facing Ecuador.

The United Nations Security Council will review the report of the United Nations Mission in Haiti where they advise the deployment of a multinational security force, a measure approved in October to combat the multifactorial crisis that the country is going through, while social organizations strongly reject the implementation of this measure together with Haitian citizens who reject the sending of another special mission to that country.

Palestine is facing 102 consecutive days of Israeli attacks while Palestinian movements continue to denounce the total devastation of Palestine and the shortage of medical supplies, medicines and basic necessities.

These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso.