Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora sent back to prison
The case against the investigative journalist has been labeled by many as a politically motivated act of persecution and violation of freedom of press.
After threat of coup and nine hours of delay, the president of Guatemala is sworn in
Attempt to weaken the new president’s parliamentary group backfires as his Semilla party assumes presidency of Congress
Mobilizations continue in Guatemala against impending “coup”
Indigenous communities in the country have been on a national strike since October 2 amid actions by the judiciary and the right-wing to undermine democracy and the electoral process
Bernardo Arévalo will be Guatemala’s next President
Bernardo Arévalo de León of the center-left Movimiento Semilla won a decisive victory over Sandra Torres of the center-right National Unity of Hope (UNE). Arévalo’s victory was the culmination of a people’s campaign against the “pact of the corrupt”
Anti-corruption journalist in Guatemala sentenced to six years in prison
José Rubén Zamora Marroquín was arrested in July 2022, which many believe because he exposed several corruption cases and fraudulent businesses of the Alejandro Giammattei government
El alto precio de la relación entre Guatemala y Taiwan
Tsai, la líder de Taiwan, lucha por mantener el escaso apoyo diplomático con el que aún cuenta en la región.
The high price of the Guatemala-Taiwan relationship
Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen is struggling to maintain what little diplomatic support she still has in Latin America
Outrage in Guatemala following arrest of journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín
Human rights organizations, journalist associations, and social movements have condemned Zamora’s arrest as political persecution for revealing several corruption cases and fraudulent businesses of the Alejandro Giammattei government
The nations of Latin America and the Caribbean unite in boycott of Biden’s Summit of the Americas
Leaders of over a dozen countries in the region have condemned the exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela from the Summit
Palestinians stage protests, Guatemala’s president objects to family bill and other stories
Today we look at protests by Palestinians against illegal demolitions by Israel, the Protection of Life and Family law in Guatemala, and more
US Congress approves $1B for Israel’s Iron Dome in govt. spending bill and other stories
Today we look at the military aid to Israel approved by the US Congress, the targeting of Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar with Pegasus, and more
State of siege in Guatemala is a threat to human rights
The government has decreed military control for 30 days in the El Estor municipality in response to protests against a mining project in the territory of the Mayan Q’eqchi’ community.
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- Children in Gaza charred to death as Israel strikes displaced people’s tents in designated “safe zone”
- Farmers in Pakistan mobilize to demand fair prices and agrarian reform
- Moroccan dockworkers call for boycott of Maersk’s arms shipment to Israel
- Trump’s immigration authorities arrest US citizen
