MEXICO CITY — U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas met Saturday with newly elected Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo and discussed regional migration, security and the economy in the Central American nation, they said. The meeting at the Munich Security Conference came days after the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach Mayorkas for … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave GUATEMALA CITY — The inauguration of a reformist president, Bernardo Arévalo, was delayed for hours on Sunday because of last-minute congressional wrangling, threatening a political crisis just as one of the hemisphere’s most notoriously corrupt nations had seemed to be turning a corner. Spain’s King Felipe VI, … Read more
GUATEMALA CITY — Former Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina was released from prison — the first time since his resignation and arrest in 2015 — after posting bond of more than $10.3 million quetzales ($1.3 million), according to his lawyer. Pérez Molina was convicted and sentenced to 16 years in prison in December 2022 for … Read more
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala’s Attorney General’s office formally requested Friday that President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and others be stripped of their immunity so it can investigate them for allegedly encouraging the student occupation of the country’s only public university. Cultural Heritage prosecutor Ángel Saúl Sánchez had announced on Thursday that he planned to make the request … Read more
GUATEMALA CITY — In what Guatemalan authorities described as a national security incident, hackers affiliated with the activist group Anonymous disabled multiple government webpages Saturday. The attacks were in support of demonstrations led by Indigenous organizations in the Central American country. For almost two weeks, demonstrators have been calling for the resignation of Guatemalan Attorney … Read more
GUATEMALA CITY — Riot police began efforts Tuesday to clear roadblocks by protesters that have paralyzed parts of Guatemala for more than a week, just hours after President Alejandro Giammattei vowed to clear the country’s roadways. More than 120 roadblocks have snarled traffic and disrupted commerce as thousands of farmers and members of Indigenous communities … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment El Periódico, a crusading newspaper that uncovered corruption within the Guatemalan authorities and different establishments, ceased publication on Monday, the most recent sufferer of an escalating wave of repression towards impartial journalism in Central America. In a closing version Monday, the 27-year-old newspaper stated it had taken the “bitter and unhappy … Read more