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 ›
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One man’s crusade to take on government corruption in Guatemala
Giselle Fernandez has a piece on Spectrum News NY1 about Juan Francisco Sandoval, the head of Guatemala’s Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Impunity (Fiscalía Especializada Contra la Impunidad – FECI). FECI is one of the few institutions left in the country… 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 ›
Guatemala Drops Charges Against Former President, Arrests Anti-Corruption Prosecutors
Parker Asmann writes in Insight Crime about the latest manoeuvrings being carried out in defence of corruption and impunity in Guatemala. The elites look to be doubling down on their disregard for the rule of law. Guatemala seems to have… Read More ›
Suitcases of Cash: Guatemala’s Faltering Anti-Corruption Efforts
Sandra Cuffe writes in El Faro about the find, in a wealthy gated community, in Antigua, Guatemala, of about USD $15M in both Guatemala Quetzals and US Dollars. The search was carried out by FECI (Fiscalía Especializada Contra la Impunidad… Read More ›
Guatemala’s Murderous Leap Backward Is Enabled by Trump
Benoit Pierre Amedee María, known as ‘Benito,’ pictured during a graduation ceremony at the Ixil University. Photo: Giovanni Batz/provided for The Globe Post On August 10, a French development worker was shot to death execution-style in rural Guatemala, one of… Read More ›
Appointing Judges in Guatemala…From Prison
Guatemala is in the midst of a contentious legal battle, as networks of corrupt politicians and organized crime are trying to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to attack the country’s courts. They are also disrupting over 100 cases against government officials… Read More ›
A Crucial Moment for Guatemala’s Fight Against Impunity
Adriana Beltrán, of WOLA (Washington Office of Latin America) hosted a discussion with Helen Mack, Harald Waxenecker and Claudia Escobar. Last year at the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities apprehended more undocumented migrants from Guatemala than from any other country. That’s mostly… Read More ›
Giammattei Begins Term Alongside Allies of Jimmy Morales
‘How does a former director of prison facilities connected to a massacre end up as president of Guatemala? In the country’s recent history, discontent with the political class has created fertile soil for people claiming to be saviors to take… Read More ›
Around the change-over of President
In the last couple of weeks, Guatemala has seen the swearing in of its new President, Alejandro Giammattei, and the unedifying site of Jimmy Morales scurrying off to the Central America Parliament (PARLACEN) so as to maintain his impunity from… Read More ›
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