Tag: Guatemala
Social Democrat Bernardo Arévalo sworn in as new president of Guatemala
The social democrat Bernardo Arévalo, elected in August on the promise of fighting corruption, was inaugurated on the night of Sunday to Monday as the new president of Guatemala, after…
In Guatemala, ex-president Otto Perez benefits from conditional release
Former Guatemalan President Otto Perez in Guatemala City on June 13, 2016. MOISES CASTILLO / AP After eight years behind bars, former Guatemalan President Otto Perez has been released from…
Guatemala: opening of the trial for the assassination of a Frenchman
The trial for the 2020 assassination in Guatemala of Frenchman Benoît Maria, director of the NGO Agronomists and Veterinarians Without Borders (AVSF), opens Monday in Quetzaltenango (west) with the hope…
In Guatemala, the election of President Arevalo guaranteed by the electoral court
Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arevalo, at a press conference, in Guatemala City, December 8, 2023. MOISES CASTILLO / AP New legal clouds have come to threaten the presidential term that Bernardo…
“Europe and France must put pressure on the outgoing government of Guatemala so that it respects the expression of popular will”
PMore than twenty-five years have passed in Guatemala since the signing of the peace accords which put an end, on December 29, 1996, to a civil war that began in…
In Guatemala, the disqualification of the party of President-elect Arevalo temporarily suspended by justice
Demonstration in Guatemala City, September 2, to demand the resignation of Attorney General Consuelo Porras and Prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche, accused of causing an electoral crisis. JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP A…
In Guatemala, a high-risk transition period for Bernardo Arevalo
Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arevalo during a press conference following the temporary suspension of his Semilla party, in Guatemala City, August 28, 2023. CRISTINA CHIQUIN/REUTERS Bernardo Arevalo has entered a period…
In Guatemala, a second round under tension for the presidential election
Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo during a meeting on August 16, 2023 in Guatemala City. CRISTINA CHIQUIN / REUTERS In the fragile and imperfect democracy of the most populous country…
Guatemala: the four French tourists found alive after two days lost in the forest
Europe 1 with AFP 06:38, August 12, 2023 A family of four French tourists, including a six-year-old boy, were found alive on Friday after spending two days lost in an…
Guatemala: four French tourists including a child missing in the north of the country
Four French tourists, including a six-year-old child, are missing in the jungle of northern Guatemala, near the border with Mexico and Belize, authorities in the small Central American country announced…
From Guatemala to Honduras, the Motagua River carries thousands of tons of plastic
Guatemala’s largest landfill, on the Las Vacas river basin, in the capital Guatemala City, on March 21, 2023. JOSUE DECAVELE/REUTERS From a distance, we can only make out small spots…
In Guatemala, the conviction of a journalist illustrates the will of the authorities to muzzle the press
Journalist José Ruben Zamora, founder of the newspaper “El Periodico”, during his court hearing in Guatemala City on June 14, 2023. LUIS ECHEVERRIA / REUTERS The Guatemalan press held its…