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”
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