‘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 ›
Corruption
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 ›
Human Rights Groups to Inter-American Court: Impunity is Alive and Well in Guatemala
President Jimmy Morales invited the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to conduct its 57th session in Guatemala City, perhaps hoping to repair the country’s tattered relationship with the international organization. However, in extending this invitation, he may not have expected… Read More ›
Guatemala: new president’s first few weeks in power
Last month, on October 25, Jimmy Morales won the Guatemalan presidential elections in a landslide victory. The new president, whose slogan was “not corrupt, not a thief”, strategically campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, earning himself 67.4% of the votes. Morales’… Read More ›
In Guatemala, New Crisis Unfolds in the Shadow of Past Crimes
The following, from Sophie Beaudoin, is taken from the International Justice Monitor website. Protests in Guatemala against the current government’s alleged links to a corruption scandal gathered steam this weekend, with protesters calling for the lifting of President Otto Pérez… 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 ›
Guatemalans join together to demand their leaders “resign”
A remarkable, even for Guatemala, ten days culminated yesterday in thousands of people marching in Guatemala City calling for the President and Vice-president to resign among accusations of massive corruption. We reported in 2010 that “whilst CICIG – the International… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 