The murder of a former prosecutor has plunged Guatemala’s anti-corruption movement into mourning. In a country plagued by organized crime, the police’s initial response raises the question of just how complicit they are in one of the highest-profile murders in… Read More ›
Narco-State
Guatemala’s Defense Chief Thinks He Can Clean Up the Army — and Keep Trump Happy
Yuliana Ramazzini has an interesting interview in El Faro English with the Guatemalan Defense Minister, Henry Sáenz. He talks about the roll of the Guatemala defense forces today, rooting out corruption within state security forces, how he views the relationship… Read More ›
Guatemala is Constructing a Religious Narco-State
Jeff Abbott has written a piece in The Progressive, for the “Other Americans” series, reflecting on the rise of right-wing evangelical forces in the once-Catholic majority nation which is reshaping its culture—and politics. As Christian nationalism rises within the Republican… Read More ›
