• October 23, 2020: Guatemala designated Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization.

Guatemala designated Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization on October 23, 2020. According to Israel’s Foreign Ministry – which announced the designation – as part of the move, Guatemala agreed to bar Hezbollah operatives from its territory and “to fight against financing” the Lebanese Shiite group, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday. It also said the designation applied to “all its arms,” seemingly referring to Hezbollah’s political and military wings. It appears that Guatemala decided to ban Hezbollah due to encouragement by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The move also appeared to be an attempt by Guatemala to come into closer alignment with the United States.