[Guatemala] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. Health workers in Guatemala staged road blockades in Mazatenango on March 31, 2025, demanding salary increases as part of a nationwide protest by health worker unions. The peaceful demonstration lasted approximately eight hours before being resolved through negotiations with authorities.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on whether similar protests spread to areas with greater logistics infrastructure or if the labor action expands beyond the health sector.

Watch points

• Monitor for expansion of labor protests to other sectors, particularly transportation or port workers
• Track whether road blockades resume if salary negotiations fail to produce concrete results
• Observe potential spread of demonstrations to Guatemala's main commercial corridors or border crossings