Guatemalan authorities on Friday raided offices belonging to Movimiento Semilla (Seed Movement), a leftist political party, over alleged improprieties in its formation. Semilla’s presidential candidate, Bernardo Arévalo, advanced to the August 20 runoff election after a strong first-round showing in June. He
Some Guatemalan political parties and other actors unnecessarily dragged the country’s June 25 elections into the courts in an attempt to ignore the will of the people, the Organization of American States observation mission has concluded. “The mission considers that the abuse
Guatemala’s top court blocked the candidacy of another presidential hopeful on Friday, this time ending the campaign of poll leader Carlos Pineda for alleged violations of electoral law. The Constitutional Court rejected Pineda’s appeal after electoral authorities had ruled him ineligible only
A prosecutor in Guatemala asked a court Monday to lift the immunity of one of the candidates in June presidential elections, because the candidate had asked about a judge’s motive in prosecuting journalists. Candidates in Guatemala normally have immunity from being prosecuted