How Countries Manage Water: Guatemala
A close look at the country’s top water-related challenges – and the government’s efforts to address them.
A close look at the country’s top water-related challenges – and the government’s efforts to address them.
A review of Juan Pablo Villalobos’ The Other Side, a book for young adults on the realities of migration to the U.S.
Even after a wild election winds down, the country’s biggest challenges won’t.
A get-out-of-jail-free card for war criminals would be a blow to Guatemala’s anti-impunity movement.
A tale of two presidents threatening Guatemala’s efforts to curb corruption and migration.
President Jimmy Morales’ maneuvering against Guatemala’s institutions could give the U.S. a chance to recalibrate its policy.
Expelling the commission could shake investor confidence, critics warn.
Washington is giving President Morales a pass on his efforts to evade justice, writes the first Guatemalan elected to the U.S. Congress.
An interview with Luis Barrueto, president of Visibles, an LGBTIQ rights organization in Guatemala.
Three years ago, Guatemala surprised the world when the Public Ministry (MP) and a U.N.-backed anti-corruption body – the International Commission Against Impunity (CICIG) – uncovered a nationwide graft scheme that reached all the way up to the then-president, Otto Pérez Molina, landing him and a dozen others in prison. It was the biggest splash … Read more
Professor and columnist Anita Isaacs discusses why backing CICIG is in the U.S.’ interests on this episode of “Deep South.”
The president’s move against a corruption fighter risks throwing the country into a constitutional crisis.
Thelma Aldana made her mark in Guatemala’s fight against corruption. Is she ready for politics?
This article has been updated. It took more than 20,000 protesters marching in the streets of Guatemala City to force then-President Otto Pérez Molina to resign and face corruption charges in 2015. Two years later, Pérez Molina is gone – but the thousands of anti-corruption protesters are back, and they’re taking aim at the new president, Jimmy … Read more
Over the past 18 years, Rosalita García has nursed all 10 of her children back to health after bouts of malnutrition. But her three-year-old son’s recent hospital visit in Chiquimula, Guatemala has the 37-year-old mother more worried than usual. “I was able to feed my kids better before because it rained,” García told AQ. “But … Read more