By: Insight Crime September 5, 2023 In a stunning and detailed declaration, a multilateral human rights body issued a resolution calling for the Guatemalan government to further protect the president-elect…
Category: GUATEMALA
Guatemala’s President-Elect Still Has 1 More Hurdle to Cross
By: Insight Crime August 29, 2023 An outsider candidate campaigning on an anti-corruption platform secured a landslide victory in Guatemala’s presidential election on Sunday, setting up a possible showdown between…
Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on the Situation in Guatemala
August 29, 2023 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) has become aware of Resolution SRC-R -3207-2023 issued by the General Directorate of the Registry of Citizens…
Arévalo wins Guatemala presidential elections: What’s next?
By: Staff Writer August 22, 2023 Bernardo Arevalo, the left leaning anti-corruption outsider has won the Guatemalan presidential election over former first lady of Guatemala, Sandra Torres. Mr Arevalo’s agenda…
Guatemala readies for testy presidential runoff
By: Staff Writer August 15, 2023 Guatemala’s anticipated presidential election runoff is heading into this coming Sunday’s election day with some controversy as one candidate’s campaign headquarters is raided by…
Report of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro, to the Permanent Council on the situation in the Republic of Guatemala
August 11, 2023 It is impossible to start today without referring to the murder of Fernando Villavicencio in Ecuador and how the enemy of democracy is organized crime and drug…
OAS Electoral Observation Mission Rejects Raid on the Headquarters of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and the Semilla Party
July 25, 2023 The Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS), headed by former Foreign Minister of Paraguay Eladio Loizaga, strongly rejects the new raid carried…
Statement from the OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Guatemala
July 14, 2023 The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Guatemala welcomes the officialization of the results of the General Elections and reaffirms, once again,…
OAS Electoral Mission Observes the Conclusion of the Vote Count Verification Hearings in Guatemala
July 11, 2023 The Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Guatemala has observed the conclusion of the vote count verification hearings that ended in…
Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on the elections in Guatemala
July 4, 2023 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) reaffirms and endorses the conclusions of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission in relation to the electoral process…
OAS Mission requests that the popular will expressed in Guatemala be respected
July 4, 2023 The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (MOE/OAS) has followed up on the public positions of the different political actors made after the conclusion…
Guatemala Presidential election heads for runoff!
By: Staff Writer June 26, 2023 Guatemala’s presidential election has been whittled down to two candidates from 20 as a former first lady aims to become the first female president…