Lucrecia Marroquín de Palomo

Lucrecia Marroquín de Palomo

Guatemala GuatemalapoliticianFemale6.0Global Dominance: 0.00%

Lucrecia Marroquín de Palomo is a Guatemalan politician and member of the Commission of Education, Science, and Technology in the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala. She has been an advocate for educational reform, particularly concerning the urgent need for qualified primary school teachers in the country. Recently, she has been in the news for her support of initiative 5770, which aims to revive the Normal Schools for teacher training to address the shortage of primary educators and improve the overall quality of teaching in Guatemala.

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Lucrecia Marroquín de Palomo emphasizes the need for a gradual process in transferring temporary teachers to permanent positions.

Congreso conocerá iniciativa que busca el traslado de 40 mil maestros a plazas fijas
Prensa Libre – major Guatemalan newspaper, est. 1951·GuatemalaGuatemala· 2026-06-02
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Lucrecia Marroquín de Palomo presented the initiative to restore normal schools and return control of teacher training to the Ministry of Education.

Congreso aprueba ley que restituye escuelas normales y devuelve al Mineduc control de la formación docente
Prensa Libre – major Guatemalan newspaper, est. 1951·GuatemalaGuatemala· 2026-02-04
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Deputy Lucrecia Marroquín de Palomo voted against the veto, arguing it aimed to benefit small businesses.

Congreso deja sin efecto reforma ambiental tras veto de Arévalo, la ley sigue como estaba
Prensa Libre – major Guatemalan newspaper, est. 1951·GuatemalaGuatemala· 2025-11-13
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Lucrecia Marroquín de Palomo is the deputy who argued for harsher penalties for serious crimes.

Diputados buscan destituir al PDH por informes sobre “El Lobo” y surgen voces que piden aplicar la pena de muerte
Prensa Libre – major Guatemalan newspaper, est. 1951·GuatemalaGuatemala· 2025-09-25
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Palomo indicates that the urgency of approving the initiative is to address the shortage of primary school teachers.

Una iniciativa de ley busca que resurjan las Escuelas Normales: ¿se necesitan más maestros?
Prensa Libre – major Guatemalan newspaper, est. 1951·GuatemalaGuatemala· 2025-03-28
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