Por: The Boston Globe World June 27, 2023
A presidential candidate campaigning against corruption and impunity in Guatemala has stunned the political establishment by securing enough votes to advance to a runoff, setting up a showdown with entrenched elites who have long held power in Central America’s largest country.Bernardo Arévalo, a professorial lawmaker with degrees in philosophy and anthropology, won 12 percent of the vote, with 98 percent of votes counted in Sunday’s first... + full article
Associated Press USA Politics June 05, 2023
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Candidates to be Guatemala’s next president are taking a cue from the leader of neighboring El Salvador and promising their voters they will build mega-prisons and hammer criminal gangs into submission.The formula of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele... + más
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Associated Press USA Politics January 24, 2023
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemala President Álvaro Colom, who governed from 2008 to 2012 and supported a United Nations anti-corruption mission that later investigated him, died Monday, lawmakers from his party announced. He was 71.“I deeply lament the death of... + más
Álvaro Colom, former president of Guatemala, dies at 71 | Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles Times USA World January 24, 2023
Former Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom, who governed from 2008 to 2012 and supported a United Nations anti-corruption mission that later investigated him, died Monday, lawmakers from his party announced. He was 71. “I deeply lament the death of ex-President Colom, a man of... + más
Álvaro Colom, former president of Guatemala, dies at 71 | Associated Press
The New York Times USA World January 21, 2023
As the Guatemalan authorities intensify a methodical, yearslong crackdown on officials who were tasked with rooting out government corruption in the country, the government announced this week that it was investigating Colombia’s defense minister, who had led a United... + más
Colombia president asks to stop arrest of narco sought by US | ABC News
WPTV USA World December 09, 2022
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Palm Beach County man sold his business and left everything behind to move to Guatemala and make a difference.Creating schools, he's helped thousands of teenagers graduate and get jobs in their home country.WPTV spoke with the founder of the... + más
‘Truthfully, it’s frustrating': Guatemalans criticize delays at L.A. consulate | Los Angeles Times
Guatemala's El Periodico newspaper, facing government pressure, stops print edition | Los Angeles Times
ABC News USA World December 08, 2022
GUATEMALA CITY -- A court in Guatemala convicted former President Otto Pérez Molina and his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, on fraud and conspiracy counts Wednesday. Their sentences have yet to be announced. Both were acquitted of illegal enrichment charges. Pérez Molina and... + más
Guatemalan Tomorrow Fund working to improve lives in Central American country | WPTV
Guatemala ups persecution of those who pursued the corrupt | ABC News
The New York Times USA World October 25, 2022
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s president has introduced long-anticipated measures to tackle endemic corruption, subjecting even himself and his cabinet to closer scrutiny of their personal spending and lifestyles. But some analysts question whether reforms that would help the... + más
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Harvard presents W.E.B. Du Bois Medals for furthering African and African American studies | The Boston Globe
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