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Bernardo Arévalo ran on an anti-corruption campaign to become president.

‘We want to eradicate corruption’: Guatemala’s new president makes promises that stir hope — and impatience

Politics

Guatemala’s new president, Bernardo Arévalo, took office in January with a promise of battling corruption. This week, he introduced his anti-corruption team that’s going to lead the charge. But it is not an easy road ahead. The expectations are high and there are many challenges.

Harris at the podium in Guatemala on a diplomatic visit

Addressing migration requires long-term commitment, says analyst on Harris visit to Guatemala

Biden administration
A worker wears a protective face mask works while cleaning the interior of a public bus, amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Guatemala City, Guatemala, March 15, 2020.

In Central America, efforts to slow spread of coronavirus could lead to ‘autocratic tendencies’

COVID-19
A green military truck drives on a road.

State Dept. list of corrupt Central American government officials is a ‘sham,’ rep. says

US Diplomacy
Nancy Bailey with some of the Guatemalan kids she helped.

The Californian woman accused of trafficking babies in Guatemala will soon learn her fate

Justice

What happens to America’s deported immigrants

Global Politics

After they’ve been deported, immigrants struggle to readjust to their home country.

Mynor Guevara speaks to a colleague after he barricaded himself in the Guatemala City pharmacy where he shot activist Patricia Samayoa. She was the sixth friend of journalist Jill Replogle to die in the past five years in Guatemala.

Even thousands of miles away, there’s seemingly no escape from Guatemala’s violence

Conflict & Justice

Activist Patricia Samayoa survived civil war and death squads, but was shot while running an errand in Guatemala last week. Her death is another symbol of the violence that has become commonplace and sent thousands of people abroad seeking refuge. Activist Patricia Samayoa survived civil war and death squads, but was shot while running an errand in Guatemala last week. Her death is another symbol of the violence that has become commonplace and sent thousands of people abroad seeking refuge.

A Guatemalan woman recently deported from the U.S. makes a phone call at a migrant shelter in Guatemala City, In addition to avoiding gang and drug-related violence, Central Americans are also fleeing to the US for economic reasons.

For Central Americans, fear is increasingly the reason for entering the US

Conflict & Justice

With gang and organized crime violence common in parts of Central America, more and more people trying to enter the US say they are fleeing out of fear. Last year, 36,000 people gave fear as the reason — more than double the prior year — and those from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala helped lead that rise.With gang and organized crime violence common in parts of Central America, more and more people trying to enter the US say they are fleeing out of fear. Last year, 36,000 people gave fear as the reason — more than double the prior year — and those from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala helped lead that rise.

Trial of former dictator forces Guatemala to face its turbulent past

Guatemala’s former de facto president Jose Efrain Rios Montt is on trial for charges of war crimes and genocide committed under his brutal rule in the 1980s. After avoiding prosecution for nearly 30 years, Rios Montt faces a list of charges that shines a spotlight on the country’s unpleasant past.

Genocide Trial in Guatemala a Tribute to Tenacity of Indigenous Groups

Arts, Culture & Media

Kate Doyle of the Guatemala Documentation Project talks with host Marco Werman about the trail of former Guatemalan President Gen. Rios Montt. It’s the first and only genocide trial against a former head of state ever held in a domestic court.