In Central America, at least twenty people lost their lives and more than 30,000 contracted the disease. dengue as a result of an outbreak. Guatemala and Panama register the highest number of deaths this year. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has recently warned about the situation, indicating that Latin America and the Caribbean will […]
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Migrant caravan born in Honduras disintegrates as it passes through Guatemala
A van migrant born in Honduras and made up of around 500 people was dissolved in Guatemala during the last hours, as confirmed this Sunday by official sources. “The movement of people disintegrated,” The Guatemalan Migration Institute told journalists, referring to the migrant caravan that originated on Saturday in Honduras. The group, initially made up […]
Arévalo is the new president of Guatemala after months of pressure
Bernardo Arevalo swore in the first minutes of Monday as president of Guatemalaon a day marked by citizen protests against the delay in the change of command and which puts an end to several months of tensions and actions by the Prosecutor’s Office to withdraw his immunity in what many saw as an attempt to […]
The OAS and the EU ask the Guatemalan Congress to hand over power to Arévalo
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Union (EU) This Sunday they called on the Guatemalan Congress to hand over “power as required by the Constitution” to the president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo de León. “The Guatemalan people expressed their democratic will in fair, free and transparent elections”assured a joint statement by “all delegations invited […]
Arévalo values his coming to power despite attempts by “corrupt” mafias in Guatemala
The elected president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, This Sunday he expressed his satisfaction at being invested in the next few hours as head of state, despite the attempts in recent months by “clicks” or mafias. “corrupt” to avoid it. “Here we are, despite all the attempts of these corrupt cliques to try to […]
Three keys to understanding the voracious corruption that corrodes Guatemala
Bernardo Arevalo his investiture on Sunday as president of Guatemala. For months he faced a judicial onslaught attributed to the country’s powerful economic and political elite with one purpose: to perpetuate corruption. Executed by the Prosecutor’s Office, the offensive sought to withdraw his immunity, achieved the suspension of his Semilla party and tried to annul […]
Guatemala: Prosecutor is named “corrupt character” of 2023 by journalist network
The attorney general of GuatemalaConsuelo Porras, was named this Thursday as the “corrupt character” 2023 by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Organization (OCCRP), a global network of investigative journalists. Consuelo Porras is “one of the many bureaucrats who have helped derail democracy”indicates that organization in the presentation of this award, which they have awarded […]
Arévalo’s challenge in Guatemala is to stop the “democratic deterioration,” according to deputy
The biggest challenge for the Government of Bernardo Arévalo de León be “stop democratic deterioration” in Guatemalain the opinion of deputy Román Castellanos, from the Semilla Movement, the party of the president-elect who will take office on January 14 in the midst of the conflict generated by the Prosecutor’s Office’s attempts to prevent it. In […]
OAS Commission will visit Guatemala and attend Arévalo’s inauguration
A commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) made up of representatives from several countries will visit Guatemala and attend the inauguration of the elected president Bernardo Arévalo de Leónscheduled for January 14. The outgoing president of Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, agreed to allow an official visit of “good jobs” of the OAS, an organization […]
Guatemala’s highest court orders elected authorities to take office in January
The Constitutional Court of Guatemalathe highest court of the Central American country, assured this Thursday that the authorities elected in this year’s elections must take office in January, as established by law. The court ruled in this regard following the request of a group of lawyers who had filed a legal appeal to guarantee democracy, […]