Guatemala's Election Could Be a Watershed Moment. Here's
August 20, 2023. in News. Guatemala is holding a runoff presidential election on Sunday in which an anticorruption crusader is vying against a former first lady aligned with the country's conservative political establishment to lead Central America's most populous nation. The vote comes after a tumultuous first round in June, in which ...
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Guatemala Voters Cast Ballots in Contentious Election
Jody Garcia reported from Guatemala City, and Simon Romero from Albuquerque. Voters in Guatemala, the most populous nation in Central America, cast ballots on Sunday in presidential elections that ...
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Guatemala elections 2023: How a court decision is threatening …
This past weekend, Guatemala's Constitutional Court paused the certification of its recent election results after 10 political parties disputed the outcome and called for a review of the returns ...
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Brazil's Lula warns Guatemala risks a 'coup', prompting rebuke at …
He pointed to recent actions by Guatemala's top prosecutor's office that appear to target President-elect Bernardo Arevalo, the anti-corruption candidate who won the August 20 run-off election.
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Guatemala: Threats to Free, Fair Elections
(Washington, DC, January 24, 2023) – International scrutiny is essential to ensure Guatemalans' rights to free and fair elections, Human Rights Watch and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), said today in releasing a joint question and answer document exploring the main challenges to human rights to the country's …
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Guatemala's presidential election is thrown into chaos by party
A top Guatemalan party is barred, throwing the presidential election into the unknown. Protesters gather in front of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal building in Guatemala City, Wednesday. The ...
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Guatemala President-elect suspends transition after agents raid
Guatemala President-elect suspends transition after agents raid election facilities, open vote boxes. 1 of 12 | Agents from the Attorney General's office check June 25th general elections ballots during a raid at a temporary facility of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, in Guatemala City, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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Continued Threats to the Integrity and Credibility of Guatemala's …
July 13, 2023. The United States welcomes the certification of the first round of election results by the Guatemalan Supreme Electoral Tribunal, which upholds the credibility …
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Guatemala voters voice uncertainty ahead of presidential run-off
Guatemala City, Guatemala – Campaigning is under way in Guatemala before the August 20 run-off election, which will see progressive candidate Bernardo Arevalo face off against the conservative ...
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Foreign Investors Need To Watch Guatemala's Presidential Election
On July 24, 2023 Assistant Secretary of State Brian Nichols, the top U.S. diplomat for the Western Hemisphere warned Guatemala's political power brokers that the election should be allowed to ...
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Why a Guatemalan court's decision to freeze …
Electoral authorities review electoral records during a meeting with political party lawyers, in Guatemala City, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. The Constitutional Court ordered the investigation of alleged irregularities …
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Guatemala's political turmoil deepens as 1 candidate is targeted …
A member of Guatemala's attorney general's office carries a box with documents related to the Seed Movement political party as part of a raid on the headquarters of the country's electoral authority hours after it certified the results of the country's June 25 election in Guatemala City, Thursday, July 13, 2023.
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If the Election Deniers Succeed, Guatemala Will Have Lost the …
On July 1, the Constitutional Court ordered electoral authorities' ballots from the first-round presidential election to be reviewed after Ms. Torres's party and allies challenged the results ...
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Guatemala's political turmoil deepens as 1 candidate is targeted …
Published 8:09 AM PST, July 13, 2023. GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala sank deeper into political turmoil Thursday as prosecutors targeted a …
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Guatemala's political turmoil deepens as 1 candidate is targeted …
Sandra Torres, presidential candidate with the National Unity of Hope party (UNE), speaks during a press conference before the closing of the polls during general elections in Guatemala City ...
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What's happening in Guatemala? How a small country's elections …
Guatemala's topsy-turvy election was thrown into further turmoil Thursday after the attorney general's office raided the country's electoral authority's office. Hours earlier, a special prosecutor suspended the political party of Bernardo Arevalo, an anti-corruption candidate who shocked the country's political class by qualifying for a second ...
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International bodies reject moves to block Guatemala president …
Updated 11:48 AM PST, December 9, 2023. GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — International and regional leaders have rejected the latest attempt by Guatemalan prosecutors to prevent progressive President-elect Bernardo Arévalo from taking office on Jan. 14. Prosecutors asked a court Friday to strip Arévalo of his legal immunity and …
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Guatemala's corruption is thrust into international spotlight by the
Protestors gather outside the Attorney General's office to protest its raid on the nation's electoral authority and in favor of the election results that called for a run-off …
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Guatemalan presidential candidate Sandra Torres leans on …
FILE - National Unity of Hope party presidential candidate Sandra Torres, accompanied by her running mate Romeo Guerra, arrives for a press conference in Guatemala City, June 26, 2023. Until he registered as Torres' running mate, 47-year-old Guerra was pastor of the Christian Sion Mission church founded by his father in …
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Bernardo Arévalo wins Guatemalan election in landslide
7 min. GUATEMALA CITY — A political outsider who has vowed to fight corruption won a landslide victory in Sunday's presidential election in Guatemala — a vote that could mark a turning point ...
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Guatemala: Threats to Free, Fair Elections
(Washington, DC) - International scrutiny is essential to ensure Guatemalans' rights to free and fair elections, Human Rights Watch and the …
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Guatemala 2023 Elections: A Risk Assessment on the …
Executive Summary. Guatemala will hold its general elections on June 25, 2023, voting for president and vice president, members of Congress, mayors, councils, and 20 seats in the Central …
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Guatemalan prosecutors pursue president-elect and student …
5 of 5 | . FILE - Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo gives a press conference in Guatemala City, Oct. 18, 2023. A Guatemalan prosecutor announced Nov. 16, 2023 that he will seek the removal of immunity of Arevalo, his vice president and lawmakers from the Seed Movement party, whom he accuses of having made social …
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WOLA, RFK Human Rights, and Human Rights Watch …
On June 25, 2023, Guatemala will hold general elections for president, legislators, and mayors in a context of deteriorating human, civil, and electoral rights. As part of our efforts to assess the pre-electoral conditions in the months leading up to election day, WOLA, RFKHR and HRW visited Guatemala City from April 17 through April 21, 2023.
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What to know about Guatemala's elections : NPR
GUATEMALA CITY — Voters in Guatemala will take to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, vice president and Congress. With almost two dozen presidential candidates to pick from, a...
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Guatemala's elections have global stakes | CNN
Guatemala's former first lady Sandra Torres won the first round of presidential elections in June. JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images Giammattei, who won 14% of the primary vote, is a candidate for ...
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Top tribunal certifies Guatemala's election result minutes after
1 of 5 | . Supreme Electoral Tribunal magistrates hold a press conference in Guatemala City, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. The tribunal certified presidential election results, sending candidates Sandra Torres and Bernardo Arévalo to an Aug. 20 runoff, while the Attorney General's Office announced that Arevalo´s party had been suspended.
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Guatemala: Review Decision to Bar Candidates
Rulings Harm Election Credibility (Washington, DC, February 27, 2023) – Guatemala's Supreme Electoral Tribunal decision to bar candidates from running in the 2023 presidential elections on dubious grounds threatens political rights and damages the credibility of the electoral process, Human Rights Watch and the Washington Office on …
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Progressive party stages surprise upset in Guatemala elections
Edmond Mulet, presidential candidate for the centre-right Cabal party, casts his vote for at a polling station during Guatemala's general elections on June 25 [Jeff Abbott/Al Jazeera] Torres ...
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Guatemala voters send 2 presidential candidates on opposite …
Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo of the Semilla party celebrates the election results with supporters at Constitution Square in Guatemala City, Monday, June 26, 2023. Arevalo and former first lady Sandra Torres of the UNE party are going to an Aug. 20 presidential runoff.
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