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• GHRC – Recent Developments in Justice and Human Rights

  By kevodell on March 11, 2026 • ( 0 )

  Elections for the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Constitutional Court, and attorney general are progressing, with positive results in some areas and concerning results in others. The international community is closely monitoring these elections. The United States, the European Union, the Organization… Read More ›

• U.N. Experts Warn of Illegal Adoptions Tied to Guatemalan Attorney General

  By kevodell on March 11, 2026 • ( 0 )

  A recent podcast on El Faro English, with Yuliana Ramazzini and Gabriel Labrador, presents among CA items, the news that U.N. experts have tied the internationally sanctioned Guatemalan Attorney General Consuelo Porras to an illegal adoption scheme. You can read… Read More ›

• Jose Rubén Zamora, a journalist in the crosscurrent

  By kevodell on March 11, 2026 • ( 0 )

  One week after leaving prison, journalist José Rubén Zamora is not certain that his freedom is guaranteed. The legal persecution continues and is brutal. In this interview, he speaks about democracy and Guatemala, about those who have persecuted him, and… Read More ›

• Statement | Enough Impunity: The People of Guatemala Deserve Justice

  By kevodell on February 26, 2026 • ( 0 )

  NISGUA have provided an English translation to the statement from La Coordinación Genocidio Nunca Más for the National Day for the Dignification of the Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict. On February 25, National Day for the Dignification of the… Read More ›

• GHRC Quick Take: Judge Gálvez On Elections and Detention of Indigenous Leaders

  By kevodell on February 26, 2026 • ( 0 )

  GHRC recently published an update on developments in Guatemala, provided by GHRC Fellow Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez. Some highlights include: Secondary elections are underway in Guatemala. What are these and why are they important? Secondary elections, also known as second-degree… Read More ›

• GHRC – Recent Developments in Justice and Human Rights

  By kevodell on February 18, 2026 • ( 0 )

  Tensions are rising in Guatemala as key election processes get underway. President Bernardo Arévalo has instituted a state of siege to combat gang-related violence that experts say appears to be aimed at destabilizing his government. The months ahead may be… Read More ›

• Water Defenders Celebrate Ruling Against U.S. Gold Company’s Claim

  By kevodell on January 31, 2026 • ( 0 )

  A major victory against an exploitative corporate lawsuit in Guatemala. Jen Moore wrote, recently, on the website of the Institute for Policy Studies about the victory celebrated by the Resistencia Pacifica La Puya with the ruling by an arbitration panel… Read More ›

• Arévalo Begins Third Year under State of Siege amid Clashes with 18th Street

  By kevodell on January 25, 2026 • ( 0 )

  Roman Gressier, Yuliana Ramazzini and Carlos Barrera write in El Faro English on the startling developments that have overtaken the Government of Bernardo Arévalo at the beginning of his third term. The events started off as a series of gang-related… Read More ›

• La Puya: Yes to Life, No to Mining

  By kevodell on January 2, 2026 • ( 0 )

  Statement from the Peaceful Resistance La Puya to the Guatemalan and International Community in response to the decision of the International Arbitration Tribunal (CIADI) in KCA v. Guatemala The Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) has posted… Read More ›

• GHRC – El Quetzal (Winter 2025)

  By kevodell on December 23, 2025 • ( 0 )

  The Winter 2025 edition of El Quetzal, from The Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC), has recently been published. In it, they explore the implications of a co-opted justice system and the necessity of change, sharing the views of the Indigenous… Read More ›