Recently, the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) posted a piece on a discussion forum, of which they were part, to share insights and discuss how international investment treaties allow transnational corporations to sue governments within the… Read More ›
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U.N. Experts Warn of Illegal Adoptions Tied to Guatemalan Attorney General
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 ›
Podcast: Gang Jailbreak in Guatemala Engulfs Arévalo in Security Crisis
Guatemala’s former minister of governance resigns and leaves the country after the public learns of the escape from prison of twenty Barrio 18 (18th Street) gang members. Gabriel Labrador and Roman Gressier presented a podcast on El Faro English highlighting… Read More ›
NPR: Democracy under threat in Guatemala
Eyder Peralta recently hosted, on NPR, a couple of interviews with prominent Guatemalans on that country’s current democratic crisis with the upcoming second round of the presidential elections on the horizon. He talks with Yassmín Barrios, the judge who passed… Read More ›
Pre- and Post-Election Machinations in Guatemala
Despite widespread attempts to manipulate the electoral system in favour of candidates alligned to agents of corruption (Los Corruptos), the Guatemala Presidential election threw up a major surprise. The two frontrunners turned out to be Sandra Torres, a former First-Lady… Read More ›
‘Feminicide, Impunity, and the United States in Guatemala’ with Victoria Sanford
Cyril Mychalejko talks to Victoria Sanford on The Signal podcast by The Bucks County Beacon, an independent media outlet out of Pennsylvania. The discussion is rooted in Dr Sanford’s new book, Textures of Terror: The Murder of Claudina Isabel Velasquez… Read More ›
elPeriódico Forced to Close as Ninth Defense Attorney Takes on Zamora Case
Julie López and Roman Gressier write in El Faro about the ongoing attack against anti-corruption actors through the lens of the attack on the news outlet elPeriódico and its founder José Rubén Zamora. It is a cautionary tale but one… Read More ›
Exclusion of Presidential Candidates Stains June Guatemalan Elections
Inscription for the June national vote closed this weekend. Electoral authorities, toeing the line of far-right political operatives, have spuriously excluded two presidential duos and are aiming for a third, clearing the way for conservative Zury Rios. Roman Gressier and… Read More ›
The Case against Journalist José Rubén Zamora Was Built in 72 Hours
Julie López writes in El Faro English about the case of José Rubén Zamora, the founder and head of El Periódico, one of Guatemala’s premier news outlets. The president and director of Guatemalan newspaper elPeriódico, José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, and… Read More ›
The Guatemalan Link between Jalisco New Generation Cartel and FARC Dissidents
Julie López writes, in El Faro English, on the strengthening of narco-trafiking interests in Guatemala providing links between Colombia and Mexico, noting the influence at various levels of the Government and military. Northwestern Guatemala has been known for years as… Read More ›
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