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Weekly InSight: Battle of Guatemala President vs. Justice System Pushes Country to Breaking Point

In our September 7 Facebook Live session, Co-director Steven Dudley and Senior Editor Mike LaSusa spoke about the ongoing conflict between Guatemala‘s president and the country’s justice system, which has pitted the Central American nation’s two most powerful institutions against each other…

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US Congress Members Support CentAm Anti-Corruption Efforts

Members of the US Congress have introduced a resolution supporting the anti-corruption efforts of several Central American governments, showing the legislative body’s commitment to backing such initiatives even as they come under fire in the region…

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Guatemala’s CICIG Says More Big Corruption Cases to Come

The commissioner of Guatemala‘s internationally backed anti-impunity body said that authorities expect to uncover government corruption schemes on the same scale as the ones that sent shock waves throughout the Central American nation last year…

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Scandals Hurt Confidence in Guatemala Institutions: Poll

A new poll shows that recent corruption scandals in Guatemala appear to have damaged the credibility of the country’s armed forces and political elites, while an internationally supported anti-corruption commission has become the country’s most-trusted institution…

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CICIG: Guatemala Faces Challenge of “Structural Corruption”

The head of an internationally supported anti-corruption body says that Guatemala is facing a problem of “structural corruption,” suggesting that allegations of widespread graft in the country’s previous presidential administration are anything but isolated incidents…

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