Business elites have been willfully complicit in the pan-ideological rise of strongmen in Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala.
How big business enables authoritarianism in Central America
By Javier Gutiérrez / jantgut /
Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations
The U.S. decision to abandon CICIG in Guatemala doesn’t make moral or geostrategic sense
By Benjamin N. Gedan /
U.S. policy is never governed purely by moral calculations. But in the case of CICIG, it is hard to detect any concerns that remotely outweigh the U.S. interest in establishing the rule of law in Guatemala.
Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations
A conversation with Pedro Cruz, advocate for citizen participation initiatives in Guatemala
Global Americans spoke with Pedro Cruz, a leader in the fight against corruption in Guatemala and a member of our New Generation of Public Intellectuals of the Americas.
Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations
Targeting the good guys in a country overrun by villains
By Benjamin N. Gedan /
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.
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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 /
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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
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