The recent criticism of CICIG from outside Guatemala is unexpected, unfair and shamefully counterproductive. The attacks only aid the local thugs, crooks and assassins that victimize Guatemalans.
Targeting the good guys in a country overrun by villains
By Benjamin N. Gedan /
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Another ex-dictator passes in Latin America. Why this one matters.
By Natasha Zaretsky / nzaretsky /
Though Efraín Ríos Montt never went to prison, another form of reckoning—through historical memory and a full accounting—is still possible.
Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations
Violence in Central America: Do no harm, Mr. Trump
By Kevin Casas-Zamora /
Crime and violence in the Northern Triangle is a regional issue that requires a collective response to the structural factors driving it: weak state capacity, corruption within police forces and the judiciary, and insufficient data. Deporting refugees back to the region doesn’t help.
Democracy & Elections
The case for a Nobel Peace Prize for CICIG
By Benjamin N. Gedan /
Despite CICIG’s current challenges in Guatemala, the organization’s work to battle corruption in the trouble Central American country has been remarkable; a Nobel Prize may just help keep it alive.
Democracy & Elections
Guatemala Congress exonerates President Morales, offers blanket amnesty
By Nic Wirtz /
In short order the Guatemalan Congress passed a series of laws to protect criminals, including the president and his family. While some political leaders are having second thoughts, the U.S. is considering sanctions.
Democracy & Elections
Graft-busters on collision course with Guatemala’s political class
By Luis E. Barrueto /
As President Morales and the political class join forces to undermine investigators and the judicial processes currently underway, the role of citizens will prove crucial in tilting the balance in favor of justice and the continued fight against impunity.
Democracy & Elections
Chronicle of a Guatemalan Crisis Foretold
By Nic Wirtz /
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Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales is in the midst of a crisis of his own making. Will he relent, or dig in and plunge the troubled country further into crisis?
Economics, Trade & Development
The Guatemala-Honduras customs union: A paradigm shift in regionalism
By Javier Gutiérrez / jantgut /
The recent launch of a customs union between Guatemala and Honduras marks a paradigm shift in region-building in the Americas. It may offer key lessons to other Latin American countries seeking to leverage their existing interdependence.
Top of the Month
Five Latin American girls leading the way
By Jimena Galindo /
In honor of Malala Day, here are 5 girls in the hemisphere that have become courageous and active voices for rights.
In the Media
Historia, memoria y educación: ¿Es posible consolidar una cultura de paz en Guatemala?
By Gustavo Alvira Gomez / macalgo /
Uno de los ejes del proceso de paz de en este país, en los años 90, fue la propuesta de una reforma educativa que previniera un conflicto en el futuro. Las intenciones fueron buenas, la ejecución se quedó corta.
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