Beisdes the coverage from the Open Society Justice Initiative, the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) is also filing reports and live tweeting from the genocide trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and ex-intelligence chief Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez. Here is an excerpt of NISGUA’s Day 3 report, along with some tweets from […]

This week the trial of Guatemala’s ex-dictator Efraín Ríos Montt began. Democracy Now! featured this story today on their show. Here is the video: The show’s site also provided more context about this historic trial: In Guatemala, a landmark trial is underway against former U.S.-backed dictator Efraín Ríos Montt on charges of genocide and crimes […]

Left-of-center opposition legislator Bernardo Arévalo shattered all forecasts, seizing second place in Guatemala’s presidential elections on Sunday and advancing to an August runoff. Arévalo will face political boss Sandra Torres.

After candidate registration for Guatemala’s June elections closed this weekend, electoral authorities, toeing the line for far-right political operatives, have spuriously excluded two presidential tickets, clearing the way for conservative Zury Ríos.

Nine months before the presidential election, the country’s right-wing regime is fracturing into rivaling projects as progressive groups discuss the elusive idea of a united candidacy. Meanwhile, electoral authorities are indulging the pre-campaigning by the ruling party and top conservative Zury Ríos.

Guatemala, in Brief: The persecution of independent judges and prosecutors pressed onward with the order to put former top state attorney Virginia Laparra on trial. The shady Foundation against Terrorism, lead architect of the legal attacks that have already pushed two-dozen anti-corruption operators into exile, has named among its next targets the human rights ombudsman and three of the country’s most influential judges.

El Salvador and Guatemala just eclipsed 30 and 25 years, respectively, since the accords that ended their armed conflicts. Despite recent attacks on judicial independence in both countries and intense polarization surrounding the landmark agreements, the courts granted new openings for two watershed civil war-era cases.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris met with a group of leading voices on Guatemala’s troubled justice system Wednesday, sending yet another signal to Central American governments that the U.S. government is interested in addressing the region’s corruption.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s Congress began reshaping the country’s highest court Tuesday, selecting a new magistrate and an alternate in decisions that could have grave consequences for the battle against corruption and impunity.

The current political crisis in the United States shares similarities with political issues in Latin America.

Like many experts, I argue that slashing aid is counterproductive because foreign assistance can address the root causes of migration, such as violence and poverty.

On June 16, the country will go to the polls to elect a successor to former comedian Jimmy Morales, who rode a wave of anti-corruption protests to office as an outsider candidate in 2015.

Zury Ríos Sosa had previously said that the ban goes against her rights as a candidate and those of her supporters willing to elect her.

The announcement arrived after the U.S. Senate passed a border security plan yesterday to avert a government shutdown.

Javier Duarte’s case has been cast as emblematic of pervasive corruption in the long-dominant Institutional Revolution Party.

The trial court is expected to deliver its ruling later that day.

July 18 marks 36 years since the Plan de Sánchez massacre. he search for justice Tfor the genocide’s victims continues.

Carlos Alvarado Quesada won handily in Sunday’s run-off, with more than 60 percent of the vote.

The current political crisis in the United States shares similarities with political issues in Latin America.

The election of military-backed conservative comedian Jimmy Morales as president of Guatemala proves the system of corruption is alive and kicking.

September 11 is the day of mourning in the United States. But how many are there on the Latin American calendar?