Emilie Sweigart provides a snapshot for 2025 on Guatemala in Americas Quarterly.
Elected on an anti-corruption platform, President Bernardo Arévalo and his center-left Semilla Party (which holds only 23 of the 160 seats in Guatemala’s unicameral Congress) have faced strong headwinds in advancing his transparency agenda. Judicial authorities temporarily suspended Semilla during the 2023 election, and the party was suspended again in late November. Arévalo has powerful opponents in the justice system, including Attorney General Consuelo Porras, who has attempted to lift his immunity from prosecution.
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Under the heading Trends to Watch are:
- Tensions between executive and judicial branches
- Arévalo’s transparency agenda
- Effects from Trump migration and remittances policies
You can view the snapshot, with links and infographics, here, Guatemala: A 2025 Snapshot.
Categories: Corruption, Criminalisation, Guatemala, Impunity, Report
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