Politics Feb 05 WATCH: Rubio makes deal with Guatemala to accept migrants deported from other countries from U.S. By Associated Press
Politics Mar 25 Kamala Harris meets with Guatemalan leader Arévalo on immigration and his anti-corruption drive The meeting came as the U.S. grapples with an influx of migrants at its southern border, including thousands from Guatemala and other nations in Central America. By Colleen Long, Chris Megerian, Associated Press
World Jan 15 Who is Guatemala’s new president and can he deliver on his anti-corruption promises? Powerful interests aligned against his anti-corruption campaign and authorities threw various legal challenges at him and his party. Arévalo is now president but those disputes will continue. By Associated Press
World Jan 14 Frustrated Guatemalans protest congressional delay of president-elect’s inauguration Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo waited to be sworn into office Sunday as the old-guard Congress dawdled and delayed the inauguration, sparking angry protests by demonstrators tired of months-long attempts to keep him from taking office. By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press
World Oct 04 Watch 9:16 Guatemalan President-elect Arévalo discusses effort to keep him from taking office Guatemala is Central America’s largest country and is critical to U.S. efforts to control regional migration. In August, the country elected an anti-corruption activist who vows to take on elites that have weakened the judiciary and persecuted Guatemalan journalists and… By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda
Sep 21 Guatemalans rally on behalf of president-elect, demonstrating a will to defend democracy By Sonia Pérez D., Christopher Sherman, Associated Press Protests by thousands of Guatemalans this week supporting President-elect Bernardo Arévalo suggest that the efforts by some officials to derail his presidency have awakened a new will among many citizens to defend democracy. Continue reading
Sep 12 Guatemalan authorities raid electoral facilities, open boxes of votes By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press The raid was apparently part of some of the various ongoing investigations related to the national elections that culminated last month in the election of Bernardo Arévalo. Continue reading
Aug 30 Guatemala’s president-elect and his anti-corruption party faces legal challenges. Here’s what’s happening By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press Guatemala's election has been bogged down in court and legal challenges despite the fact the results were clear: Progressive candidate Bernardo Arévalo won about 61 percent of the vote to conservative Sandra Torres' 39 percent. Continue reading
Aug 29 Guatemalan president calls for democratic transition of power amid legal attacks on rising anti-corruption party By Sonia Pérez D., Megan Janetsky, Associated Press Hours before the country's Supreme Electoral Tribunal certified late Monday that Arévalo won this month's presidential runoff election, the countrys electoral registry suspended his party from all political activities. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch 7:49 How an anti-corruption outsider triumphed in Guatemala’s presidential election By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow This weekend the results of two Latin American elections seem to reflect a desire for democratic change. In Ecuador, a millennial entrepreneur will face the establishment leftist candidate in a runoff and Guatemalans elected an anti-corruption politician who overcame establishment… Continue watching