A new piece on Al Jazeera on a response of the U.S government of the recent sacking of Juan Francisco Sandoval. The United States has said it will pause some cooperation with Guatemala’s criminal prosecutor after the head of a… Read More ›
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“It’s Hard to Find an Honest Judge in Guatemala Now”
Ahead of the news of the sacking of Juan Francisco Sandoval, the head of FECI, at the weekend, El Faro published an interview with leading Guatemalan human rights advocate, Helen Mack. Alongside Sandoval, Gloria Porras, Érika Aifán, and Jordán Rodas,… Read More ›
Guatemala’s Top Anti-Corruption Attorney Flees Country
On Saturday, July 24th, El Faro published a breaking news note regarding the sacking of Guatemala’s leading prosecutor and chief anti-corruption figure, Juan Francisco Sandoval, and his subsequent flight to safety. Needless to say, these events will have serious consequences… Read More ›
High-Risk Courts judges continue to face challenges
A series of tweets from Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network highlight the challenges facing the rule of law and judicial independence that the elites are trying to disband. The tweets are accompanied by graphics, as above, containing more information about… Read More ›
The Election of Gloria Porras by the University High Council
Impunity Watch have just published a report, in Spanish, regarding the election of Gloria Porras to the Constitutional Court. On 4 March 2021, the Superior University Council (Consejo Superior Universitario – CSU) of the University of San Carlos of Guatemala… Read More ›
Guatemala’s Counterattack against Anti-Corruption Campaign
Gabriel Labrador writes in El Faro about the concerted attack by affected powers against anti-corruption figures in Guatemala. Targets include Judge Erika Aifán, who leads the capital’s highest-risk ‘D’ court, the Director of the Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Impunity (FECI),… Read More ›
Revised NGO Law threatens freedom of association in Guatemala
Guatemala Solidarity Network (GSN) wishes to “express our profound concern regarding the amendments to Bill 5257, a law governing the activities of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), that went into effect Monday, June 21st, following the Guatemalan Constitutional Court’s (CC) denial of… Read More ›
The community of Chicoyogüito and their struggle for justice
On the 28th July, 1968, the community of Chicoyogüito, in Alta Verapaz, was evicted from its lands in order to instal the former Military Zone 21 (ZM 21), which became a detention centre, as well as a site for massacres… Read More ›
Central America Needs a Commission to Prosecute Corruption, Not a War on Migration
Victoria Sanford had an interesting opinion piece published in BarrioZona in advance of the visit to Guatemala of the United States Vice President, Kamala Harris. Following a virtual bilateral meeting last month with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, Vice President Kamala… Read More ›
U.S. Anti-Corruption Drive Faces Bleak Prospects in Central America
Visiting Guatemala on her first foreign trip as vice president, Kamala Harris pledged to tackle corruption as a root cause of U.S.-bound migration. Sandra Cuffe writes in The Intercept on the challenges facing the anti-corruption efforts in Guatemala against the… Read More ›
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