Trump’s global immigration offensive: detention, deportation, and resistance
Trump’s mass deportation plan is rapidly expanding beyond US borders, with migrants now detained at Guantánamo Bay and deals being struck with Latin American nations.
Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora to remain under house arrest
The Guatemalan journalist will stay out of prison. However, he remains under house arrest for a conviction that many have described as “persecution of press freedom”.
Guatemalan justice suspends the party of President Arévalo
In a case that many have described as political persecution and an attempt at destabilization, the Semilla party filed a writ of amparo and hoped to reverse the decision of the Prosecutor’s Office, a fierce opponent of Arévalo’s progressive government.
Even as president, Guatemala’s new leader continues to face attacks from Attorney General
The Attorney General’s Office has accused President Bernardo Arévalo of corruption and other crimes. Many see these accusations as a form of political persecution against the first progressive president in more than 40 years in the Central American country.
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
President-elect of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, warns that “coup d’état” is underway
The Prosecutor’s Office called for the past elections to be annulled due to alleged administrative irregularities of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal
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
Guatemalan president-elect Bernardo Arévalo suspends government transition
The announcement came after the State Attorney General’s Office raided electoral facilities and opened ballot boxes of the June elections in which Arévalo had pulled ahead of the candidates acceptable to the establishment and advanced to the August run-off
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”
Guatemala’s electoral tribunal ratifies June election results minutes after prosecutor’s office suspends the second-place party
The contradictory announcements intensified weeks of uncertainty over the possibility of a run-off vote between Sandra Torres and Bernardo Arévalo
What’s behind the post-election crisis in Guatemala?
Indigenous Guatemalan leader Carlos Barrientos Aragón reflects on the crisis that has unfolded in the country following the elections
Guatemala heads to run-off elections elections amid record levels of abstention
On August 20, the people of Guatemala will choose between former first lady Sandra Torres and sociologist Bernardo Arévalo
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