PBI UK takes a closer look at what a new presidency might mean for Indigenous human rights defenders Christina Challis writes on the PBI-UK website about what the new Presidency, of Bernardo Arévalo, might hold for Indigenous human rights defenders…. Read More ›
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Indigenous Leaders in Guatemala Are Camping Out to Prevent Post-Election Coup
Sandra Cuffe writes in Truthout on the dynamic mobilisations of Indigenous peoples in support of democracy in the face of corruption. The aroma of coffee wafts out from a communal kitchen tent at a Guatemala City protest encampment where people… Read More ›
Arévalo’s Choice of Cabinet Clashes with His Base’s Expectations
Despite months of underhand, and blatantly corrupt, manoeuvres against the newly elected President, Bernardo Arévalo, and Vice-President, Karin Herrera, the inauguration took place in the capital yesterday. Even last minute attempts to hold things up were carried out by the… Read More ›
Can Guatemalans Save Their Democracy?
Graciela Mochkofsky writes in The New Yorker on the current challenges facing Guatemala and democracy and posing that question. Guatemala’s President-elect Bernardo Arévalo, who won a landslide victory in August, is scheduled to take office on January 14th, but nobody… Read More ›
Will coupmongers stop Guatemala’s president from taking office?
If Bernardo Arévalo is blocked from governing or ousted, it will be an ominous sign in a region where democracy is in peril Will Freeman writes in The Guardian on the fight to retain democracy in Guatemala in the face… Read More ›
Without Authority or Proof, Guatemalan AG Asserts Arévalo’s Election is “Null”
One month before the transfer of power, prosecutors claim to have evidence of fraud —they have yet to show any— and say the election of Bernardo Arévalo should be declared void. In response, the U.S. sanctioned over 300 people on… Read More ›
One Month Remains for Guatemala to Preserve Its Democracy
Álvaro Montenegro writes in El Faro English on the continued attempts by the corrupt to avoid the swearing in of Bernardo Arévalo and Karin Herrera as the next President and Vice-President. The countdown continues until January 14th next. In what… Read More ›
The other Guatemala stands up for democracy
Indigenous people are rallying to defend the country’s constitution and uphold the election of Bernardo Arévalo as president Sergio Ramírez writes an Opinion, in El País English, on the challenges facing democracy in Guatemala and the resistance to corruption being… Read More ›
What’s behind efforts to strip Guatemala’s president-elect of his immunity?
Critics fear President-elect Bernardo Arevalo could be blocked from taking office amid a probe into university protests. Jeff Abbott writes in Al Jazeera about the current attempts by the Guatemala state to block the anti-corruption president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo, from taking… Read More ›
LASA demands respect for academic freedom and the 2023 election results in Guatemala
The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) has issued a condemnatory statement regarding the criminalisation and arrest of civil society leaders in Guatemala. The Pacto de Corruptos continues to use underhand ways to block the legal change over of power to… Read More ›
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