Héctor Silva Ávalos has written an article, in InSight Crime, highlighting the current issue of the election of Mynor Moto to the Constitutional Court and his swearing in by Congress in spite of legal challenges against him. The new US… Read More ›
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Guatemala Congress Ignores Integrity and Transparency
The Guatemala Congress, no friend of integrity, transparency nor the rule of law, has again chosen to ignore a ruling of the Constitutional Court in swearing in a new justice to that same Court. The Guatemalan Bar and Notaries Association… Read More ›
The Afternoon Giammattei Unleashed the Fury
If one looks at the images of the attacks on the Congress building last weekend, you can see perpetrators wielding expandable batons, normal police issue crowd control weapons. This, in addition to narratives highlighting state infiltration of the demonstration and… Read More ›
Police Repress Protests
This weekend’s Guardian Weekly published a photo of the fire in the Congress building from last weekend, but without any context. It’s the now, ‘well-known’, photo with the protester in front, arms raised – typical, lazy ‘western’ corporate journalism. The… Read More ›
Guatemalans rise to demand justice
Thousands of people took to the streets on November 21st, in Guatemala, to demonstrate against the corruption and greed of the members of Congress who, amongst other things, wished to increase their meals’ allowance at the expense of child malnutrition… Read More ›
The Legacy of How Guatemala Destroyed its Own Anti-Corruption Crusade
A few months ago, Insight Crime published an interview with Juan Francisco Sandoval, the head of FECI ( Fiscalía Especializada Contra la Impunidad – Special Prosecutor Against Impunity). The interview focuses on the continued machinations of those in power to… Read More ›
Guatemala case reveals how corruption perpetuates itself in Central America
Eric L. Olson writes on the Univision News website about the ongoing attempts, by members of the Guatemala Congress, as well as the country’s business elite, to corrupt the judiciary. Central America’s Northern Triangle Countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras have become… 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 ›
Behind the Fight to Hijack Guatemala’s Justice System
Ensuring impartial, professional, and honest officials in Guatemala’s highest courts is crucial to the rule of law, independence of the judiciary, and advancing the fight against corruption. Adriana Beltrán, of Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), outlines the various levels… Read More ›
A pandemic is not the time for reforming judicial nominations in Guatemala
As is the case in many countries across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has further undermined the rule of law in Guatemala due to the use of emergency measures to limit fundamental freedoms and blur the separation of powers. Simultaneously,… Read More ›
