Critics fear President-elect Bernardo Arevalo could be blocked from taking office amid a probe into university protests. Jeff Abbott writes in Al Jazeera about the current attempts by the Guatemala state to block the anti-corruption president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo, from taking… Read More ›
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC)
LASA demands respect for academic freedom and the 2023 election results in Guatemala
The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) has issued a condemnatory statement regarding the criminalisation and arrest of civil society leaders in Guatemala. The Pacto de Corruptos continues to use underhand ways to block the legal change over of power to… Read More ›
Public Prosecutor’s Office Continues Criminalization of Popular Dissent, Election Winners
The Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS) posts about the Guatemala state, in thrall to Los Corruptos, continuing to criminalise democracy while seeking to prohibit the democratic winner of the Presidential elections this year, Bernardo Arévalo, from taking office. The… Read More ›
A Besieged University Movement Joins the National Strike in Guatemala
Roman Gressier writes in El Faro English on the student movement and how they are trying to navigate the the national strike with what seems the open hostility of the university authorities. Just past nine on Friday night, some fifty… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 