The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, of the U.S. State Department, recently published its 2021 Human Rights Report for Guatemala and it does not make for comfortable reading. The Executive Summary concludes with: Impunity continued to be widespread…. Read More ›
U.S. State Department
Who Controls Justice’s Sword?
El Faro English recently put out a note reflecting on the state of the judiciary in Central America, and highlighting the various to and fros with the U.S. State Department. In relation to Guatemala, the focus is, of course, on… Read More ›
The U.S. Sanctions the Attorney General And The Trolls Respond
A couple of days ago, the United States’ State Department announced that it was adding the Guatemala Attorney General, Consuelo Porras, and Angel Pineda, the Secretary General of the Public Ministry (MP), to the United States’ Undemocratic and Corrupt Actors… Read More ›
Guatemala fires its top corruption prosecutor for being too effective
“That President Giammattei would confront the United States to protect major corruption targets says it all.” Stephen McFarland writes in Plaza Pública on the troubling direction facing Guatemala. The wilful moves of the governing elites to repudiate U.S. government’s support… Read More ›
US curbs work with Guatemala after anti-corruption leader removed
A new piece on Al Jazeera on a response of the U.S government of the recent sacking of Juan Francisco Sandoval. The United States has said it will pause some cooperation with Guatemala’s criminal prosecutor after the head of a… Read More ›
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