Current events: 2023-08-20

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Pacific hurricane season
  • Hurricane Hilary
    • Hurricane Hilary weakens to a category 1 hurricane, but a tropical storm warning and evacuations are still issued as it is expected to make landfall in Baja California and California. (ABC News)
    • Hilary makes landfall in San Quintín, Baja California. Flooding is reported in the city of Tijuana. (KCBS-TV) (NewsNation) (La Jornada)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis
  • 2023 Ecuadorian general election
    • A special election is held to elect the President of Ecuador and the National Assembly to complete the current four-year terms. (CNN)
• 2023 Guatemalan general election
  • Guatemalans head to the polls for a run-off vote between Bernardo Arévalo and former first lady Sandra Torres. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
  • Spain defeats England 1–0 in the final match of the 2023 Women's World Cup, winning their first FIFA Women's World Cup title. (The Guardian)

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