Bernardo Arévalo won Guatemala’s runoff in a landslide but faces a troubled transition amid reported assassination plots and ongoing judicial maneuvers. Emily Taylor writes in NACLA on the ‘second Guatemalan spring’ and the challenges ahead. Guatemalans flocked to public squares… Read More ›
Presidential Elections
Guatemalans Voted to End 69 Years of Corrupt Rule. Will US, Canada Accept It?
To understand Guatemala’s challenges going forward, we must ask questions about the role of the international community. Grahame Russell writes in Truthout about the challenges facing Guatemala after the victory of Bernardo Arévalo and Karin Herrera in the presidential election…. Read More ›
Lawfare Casts Shadow Over Paradigm-Shifting Guatemalan Election
Despite court intervention and legal persecution, a reformist candidate is favored to win the runoff over an establishment option. Judicial efforts to derail democracy still loom. Vaclav Masek writes in NACLA about the increased use of lawfare by the state… Read More ›
Bernardo Arévalo Victory Is a Turning Point for Guatemala
The president-elect has promised to crack down on corruption and break up monopolies, a welcome sign in a country gripped by a wealthy elite. Jeff Abbott writes in The Progressive Magazine on the results of the election and the challenges… Read More ›
‘Hope won’ Guatemalan presidential vote, but hurdles remain
Sandra Cuffe writes in The Christian Science Monitor on the joyful reaction to the result of the presidential election while recognising the challenges ahead, especially regarding the expected political and judicial backlash from those elites who feel their power and… Read More ›
Reaction: Arévalo Wins Presidency in Guatemala
The battle for democracy is far from over. It is not even a given that the peaceful transfer of power will take place. The weeks ahead will be critical. Claudia Méndez, Irma A. Velásquez Nimatuj, and Marielos Chang each contribute… Read More ›
Landslide Victory for Arévalo Rattles Political Mafias in Guatemala
Roman Gressier, Gabriel Labrador and José Luis Sanz write in El Faro English about Bernardo Arŕevalo’s landslide win and the challenges looming for both his party, Movimiento Semilla, and democracy in Guatemala in the face of challenges and attacks coming… Read More ›
Guatemala elections to serve as crucial test for democracy in Central America
While the results of the election are now known, with a landslide win for Bernardo Arévalo, fears for democracy in Guatemala have not simply gone away as state actors in support of corruption remain powerful. Jody García wrote in The… Read More ›
US, Canada-Backed Guatemalan Elites Threaten Coup Amid Opposition Party Runoff
Grahame Russell and Michael Bakal write in Truthout,prior to the elections, on the fears and uncertainties revolving around an election which harnesses hope in the struggle against the corrupt elites, and those who facilitate them. These fears and uncertainties are… Read More ›
A Turning Point in Guatemalan History: Bernardo Arévalo Wins in Landslide Rejection of Ruling Elite
As news spread of the victory of Bernardo Aŕevalo in the presidential election runoff at the weekend by, what many consider, a landslide, Democracy Now had a piece featuring activist and award-winning investigative journalist, Allan Nairn, and Frank LaRue, Guatemalan… Read More ›
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