In 2011, for the first time in history, a single woman, law student María del Carmen Tacam, was elected President of the Cantons in Totonicapán. 
Mwaka 2011, meya wa kwanza katika historia, mwanamke mmoja ambaye ni mwanafunzi wa sheria, María del Carmen Tacam, alichaguliwa kuwa rais wa jimbo la Totonicapán.