Irma A. Velasquez Nimatuj writes on the Americas Program website about the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG by its acronym in Spanish). It is a timely piece, as President Morales is about to step down from his role… Read More ›
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Guatemala – CICIG’s Legacy
The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) have done a series of short reports looking at Trends of the Decade. Guatemala features in various themes, but I thought to concentrate on the Fight Against Corruption and CICIG’s legacy. Since 2007, Guatemala’s… Read More ›
The People Will Not Forget
Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno has written a fine piece, here, in the Los Angeles Review of Books setting out the importance of CICIG in the fight against corruption and impunity in Guatemala, and the forces that coalesced in its ultimate removal…. Read More ›
Jimmy or Iván? How to understand the current crisis in Guatemala
Carolina Gamazo writes a helpful piece in FACTum to give some background to the current crisis in Guatemala. The underlying thing is that Morales wanted to put a stop to attempts to prosecute him for illicit financing. Within hours of… Read More ›
Panel Discussion Held to Discuss Children and Violence in Guatemala
The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), humans rights organisations, and members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the United Nations took part in a panel discussion last month (May 27) to discuss the issue of children and violence in… Read More ›
Corruption and impunity – Guatemalans are angry
“A massive tax fraud scheme exposed in Guatemala this April might once have been viewed as business as usual in a country that has struggled with corruption at the highest levels for decades. Instead, Guatemalans got angry.” Events in Guatemala… Read More ›
Vice-President resigns amid continued protests
Following on from the arrests in relation to the massive tax and customs fraud in Guatemala which seemed to ensnare the Vice-president, Roxana Baldetti, comes the news this week of her resignation (in the services of the people!). In announcing… Read More ›
Otto Pérez, Sleepless Nights and the CICIG
President Otto Pérez Molina extended the CICIG’s mandate in Guatemala against his will, as a desperate measure to alleviate a political crisis, and to hold off critics and accusations against him and Vice-president, Roxana Baldetti. Carlos Arrazola has written a… Read More ›
In Defence of CICIG
Whilst CICIG-the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala- is no stranger to criticism, it has come under attack in recent weeks, the intensity of which seems to be aimed at delegitimising the very basis of the organisation. During this time… Read More ›
CICIG – a model for others to follow
The lamentable resignation of Carlos Castresana, head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, better known by its initials as CICIG, has focussed attention on this important body. We should not forget how unique it is, as you can… Read More ›
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