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• June 2023 Election Poses Critical Test for Guatemalan Democracy

  By kevodell on January 16, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Dozens of mostly conservative candidates are expected to compete in the June general election as divided elites seek control of a state emptied of its anti-corruption judges and prosecutors. Election lawfare to block candidacies could tip the scales, as it… Read More ›

• The ‘Sharpshooter’ Targetting The Leaders Of The Fight Against Corruption In Guatemala

  By kevodell on December 21, 2022 • ( 0 )

  ‘The ‘Sharpshooter’ Targetting The Leaders Of The Fight Against Corruption In Guatemala’ is the result of an investigation carried out by Guatemala Leaks and CONNECTAS and published, in this instance, on the website of Agencia Ocote. It tells the story… Read More ›

• Anti-corruption prosecutor in Guatemala given 4-year jail term

  By kevodell on December 20, 2022 • ( 0 )

  The International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL) have noted the sentencing of Virginia Laparra to a four year jail term, further undermining the fight against corruption in Guatemala, the corruption being carried out by the business and military elites, as… Read More ›

• Anti-Mining Networks Support Land Defense Movements in Central America

  By kevodell on December 16, 2022 • ( 0 )

  In Guatemala and Honduras, regional anti-mining networks have become key players in struggles to combat extractivism and the criminalization of activists. Giada Ferrucci and Pedro Cabezas write in NACLA on extractivism and resistance in Central America, focussing on Guatemala and… Read More ›

• Guatemala’s Authoritarian Slide Under Giammattei Is Putting Biden in a Bind

  By kevodell on December 15, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Party volatility remains extremely high. In 35 years of formal democracy, almost 100 political parties have come and gone Dinorah Azpuru writes in World Politics Review about the challenges facing justice and democracy as Guatemala looks forward to elections next… Read More ›

• TrialWatch to Monitor Guatemalan Journalist’s Trial

  By kevodell on December 15, 2022 • ( 0 )

  The Clooney Foundation for Justice has posted a piece regarding the trial of José Rubén Zamora, another example of the state criminalising someone seeking to shine a light on corruption within the Guatemala system. This is as part of their… Read More ›

• Guatemala: former president sentenced to 16 years for corruption

  By kevodell on December 14, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Otto Pérez Molina and his vice-president found guilty seven years after they were forced from office but culture of impunity persists Jeff Abbott writes in The Guardian about the sentencing of the former president and his vice-president following their being… Read More ›

• FONGI Denounces Use Of Excessive Force In Chapín Abajo

  By kevodell on December 10, 2022 • ( 0 )

  GHRC writes, ‘In the early morning of December 6, hundreds of Guatemalan police and military forces attacked the Q’eqchi’ community of Chapín Abajo in El Estor, Izabal. The group arrived via boat, working alongside what witnesses have reported as local… Read More ›

• GHRC alert condemning the violence against Indigenous Q’eqchi community

  By kevodell on December 9, 2022 • ( 0 )

  GHRC recently issued an alert condemning the violence perpetrated by State security forces against the Indigenous Q’eqchi community in Chapin Abajo, El Estor. Read the full statement above.

• International Organisations Denounce Serious Setbacks in ‘Diario Militar’ Case

  By kevodell on December 9, 2022 • ( 0 )

  International organisations recently issued a statement denouncing decisions made regarding the Diario Militar case, or ‘Death Squad Diary’ case, which seek to shut down the case contrary to law and violating the right of families to a prompt and fulfilled… Read More ›

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