kevodellMar 22, 2025

#JoséLuisSanz @maxgranger.info @elfaroenglish.bsky.social #Guatemala #GuatemalaCorruption #GuatemalaPactoDeCorruptos

http://guatemalasolidarity.org.uk/2025/03/22/the-genocide-trial-and-the-tightrope/

The Genocide Trial and the Tightrope

José Luis Sanz wrote a two-piece chronicle in El Faro, published in Spanish in 2014, on CICIG, Claudia Paz y Paz, the genocide trial of Efraín Ríos Montt, and exile. The chronicle has been translat…

Guatemala Solidarity Network
kevodellMar 22, 2025

Yuliana Ramazzini Roman Gressier @elfaroenglish.bsky.social @romangressier.com #Guatemala #GuatemalaCorruption #GuatemalaPactoDeCorruptos

http://guatemalasolidarity.org.uk/2025/03/22/arevalos-democratic-spring-polls-below-the-nicaraguan-dictatorship/

Arévalo’s “Democratic Spring” Polls Below the Nicaraguan Dictatorship

El Faro has presented a short video, scripted by Yuliana Ramazzini and Roman Gressier, on Bernardo Arévalo’s inability to curb criminalisation by the Attorney General and how his communications stu…

Guatemala Solidarity Network
kevodellJan 22, 2025

Claudia Paz y Paz: “What Consuelo Porras seeks in Guatemala is impunity in all cases”’
#YulianaRamazzini
@elfaroenglish.bsky.social
Claudia Paz y Paz
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#GuatemalaCorruption
#GuatemalaPactoDeCorruptos
#ClaudiaPazyPaz

http://guatemalasolidarity.org.uk/2025/01/22/claudia-paz-y-paz-what-consuelo-porras-seeks-in-guatemala-is-impunity-in-all-cases/

Claudia Paz y Paz: “What Consuelo Porras seeks in Guatemala is impunity in all cases”

Yuliana Ramazzini writes in El Faro on the continuing corruption of the Guatemala judicial system through an interview with former Attorney General, Claudia Paz y Paz, internationally known for bri…

Guatemala Solidarity Network
kevodellJan 22, 2025

‘Guatemala: A 2025 Snapshot’
Emilie Sweigart
Americas Quarterly
#EmilieSweigart
#AmericasQuarterly
#Guatemala
#GuatemalaCorruption
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http://guatemalasolidarity.org.uk/2025/01/22/guatemala-a-2025-snapshot/

Guatemala: A 2025 Snapshot

Emilie Sweigart provides a snapshot for 2025 on Guatemala in Americas Quarterly. Elected on an anti-corruption platform, President Bernardo Arévalo and his center-left Semilla Party (which holds on…

Guatemala Solidarity Network
kevodellJan 22, 2025

‘Guatemala’s New Anti-Monopoly Law: Bark or Bite?’
#YulianaRamazzini
@elfaroenglish.bsky.social
#Guatemala
#CACIF
#GuatemalaCorruption
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http://guatemalasolidarity.org.uk/2025/01/22/guatemalas-new-anti-monopoly-law-bark-or-bite/

Guatemala’s New Anti-Monopoly Law: Bark or Bite?

In December, two-thirds of Congress approved an anti-monopoly law proposed by legislators aligned with President Bernardo Arévalo, marking a significant improvement of their negotiating power in th…

Guatemala Solidarity Network
kevodellDec 20, 2024

‘Defense Strategy and Guatemalan AG’s Decisions Reduce Odds of Genocide Conviction’
Yuliana Ramazzini
@elfaroenglish.bsky.social
#Guatemala
#GuatemalaCorruption
#GuatemalaPactoDeCorruptos
#GuatemalaGenocide
#GuatemalaSiHuboGenocidio

http://guatemalasolidarity.org.uk/2024/12/20/defense-strategy-and-guatemalan-ags-decisions-reduce-odds-of-genocide-conviction/

Defense Strategy and Guatemalan AG’s Decisions Reduce Odds of Genocide Conviction

In the genocide trial against retired military commander Benedicto Lucas García, initially expected to end three weeks ago, the defense has attempted to recuse the court to delay sentencing. Last-m…

Guatemala Solidarity Network
kevodellDec 20, 2024

‘Guatemalan AG Wants to Send Jose Rubén Zamora Back to Prison’
@elfaroenglish.bsky.social
@romangressier.com
#JoseRubénZamora
#ElPeriodico
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#GuatemalaCorruption
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http://guatemalasolidarity.org.uk/2024/12/20/guatemalan-ag-wants-to-send-jose-ruben-zamora-back-to-prison/

Guatemalan AG Wants to Send Jose Rubén Zamora Back to Prison

After spending more than two years in prison in a corrupt judicial process, Guatemala’s most prominent newspaperman was released on house arrest pending retrial. But a Guatemalan court, at the requ…

Guatemala Solidarity Network
kevodellAug 27, 2024

#Guatemala #GuatemalaPactoDeCorruptos #InsightCrime #RightsAction

http://guatemalasolidarity.org.uk/2024/08/27/attacks-on-guatemalas-anti-corruption-president-growing/

Attacks on Guatemala’s Anti-Corruption President Growing

Rights Action have reposted a piece by Alex Papadovassilakis that was originally published in InSight Crime. The piece presents a further view on the corruption of the Guatemalan judiciary, startin…

Guatemala Solidarity Network
kevodellAug 27, 2024

#Guatemala #GuatemalaCorruption #GuatemalaPactoDeCorruptos

http://guatemalasolidarity.org.uk/2024/08/27/inexperience-lawfare-and-online-image-sway-arevalos-decisions/

Inexperience, Lawfare, and Online Image Sway Arévalo’s Decisions

After almost nine months in office, Bernardo Arévalo’s decisions regarding his cabinet have shown that they did not really expect to govern. Yuliana Ramazzini writes in El Faro English on the…

Guatemala Solidarity Network
kevodellAug 15, 2024

#Guatemala #GuatemalaPactoDeCorruptos

http://guatemalasolidarity.org.uk/2024/08/15/consuelo-porras-stokes-political-turmoil-amid-guatemalan-court-elections/

Consuelo Porras Stokes Political Turmoil Amid Guatemalan Court Elections

Álvaro Montenegro writes in El Faro English about the extraordinary situation in Guatemala regarding the machinations of the Attorney General in seeking, effectively, to criminalise the President B…

Guatemala Solidarity Network