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• An uprising for democracy in Guatemala

  By kevodell on October 21, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Sandra Cuffe writes in Ojalá about the demonstrations taking place in Guatemala City in support of democracy and against the pacto de corruptos. These demonstrations are part of the national wave of strikes and blockades that have affected the country… Read More ›

• How Guatemala Defied the Odds

  By kevodell on October 20, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Rachel A. Schwartz and Anita Isaacs write in the Journal of Democracy about the Presidential election in Guatemala and how, despite the anti-democracrtic wrangling of the corrupt state and its allies (pacto de corruptos), the result returned a huge surprise… Read More ›

• “The Guatemalan Attorney General should resign in Christian conscience”

  By kevodell on October 20, 2023 • ( 0 )

  “I can not turn a deaf ear to the cries of a people who for centuries have demanded that their voice be heard.” In El Faro English, Roman Gressier talks with Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini, the Bishop of Huehuetenango, in the… Read More ›

• A Besieged University Movement Joins the National Strike in Guatemala

  By kevodell on October 20, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Roman Gressier writes in El Faro English on the student movement and how they are trying to navigate the the national strike with what seems the open hostility of the university authorities. Just past nine on Friday night, some fifty… Read More ›

• GHRC: Guatemala Democracy and Human Rights Update

  By kevodell on October 20, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Earlier this month the Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) gave an update on the situation in Guatemala, ranging from the convening of a national strike, the Public Ministry’s raids on the offices of the Supreme Election Tribunal (TSE), and corruption… Read More ›

• “Dialogue with Indigenous peoples must be part of the democratic springtime in Guatemala”

  By kevodell on October 20, 2023 • ( 0 )

  In El Faro English, Roman Gressier talks with the Huxi Hurak (president) of the Xinka Parliament, Aleisar Arana, in the midst of the national strike/blockade being carried out by, primarily, indigenous authorities across the country in opposition to the attempts… Read More ›

• Guatemala president-elect’s supporters block roads to protest party suspension

  By kevodell on October 20, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Demonstrations surge after court upheld suspension of Bernardo Arévalo’s party over alleged voter registration fraud Jeff Abbott writes in The Guardian about the unfolding scenes leading the national strike that has affected Guatemala in the last few weeks. Thousands of… Read More ›

• Claudia González – demands for her freedom

  By kevodell on September 23, 2023 • ( 0 )

  This from the website of Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) in response to the arrest of lawyer, Claudia González. On August 28, at the behest of Attorney General Consuelo Porras and on the order of Judge Jimi Bremer,  police arrested… Read More ›

• Guatemala’s Progressive President-Elect Will Face an Uphill Battle

  By kevodell on September 23, 2023 • ( 0 )

  In Guatemala, the historic victory of Bernardo Arévalo has unleashed the wrath of the country’s conservative elite. The coming months will prove crucial as Arévalo and progressive forces struggle to guarantee a peaceful democratic transition. Maya K’iche’ Guatemalan historian and… Read More ›

• The OAS and a Veiled Coup Attempt in Guatemala

  By kevodell on September 23, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Rubén M. Perina  writes in Global Americans on the elections and the attempts of the Guatemala government and the political establishment in the use of lawfare to carry out a coup in order to stop the coming to power of… Read More ›