Terremoto político en Guatemala
October 4, 2017
La decadencia de la democracia, la corrupción y los procesos judiciales de políticos de altos rangos, tienen a Guatemala en declive y con partidos políticos carentes de una ideología definida.
Author: Walda Barrios-Klee
Guatemala on the eve of the Second Round of Elections
October 20, 2015
A series of unforeseen circumstances led us to this election: first, the fall of the president and vice president after the revelation of a corruption network that they had created to steal state resources and tax revenues, and second, the demonstrations that consolidated opposition to several politicians, including Manuel Baldizón, who had faced Otto Pérez Molina in the second-round of elections in 2011 and had been considered the favorite by opinion polls.
Guatemala: en vísperas de la 2ª vuelta electoral
October 20, 2015
Una serie de circunstancias no previstas nos llevaron hasta este inesperado balotaje: La caída del binomio presidencial al descubrirse la trama de corrupción, y las manifestaciones ciudadanas
Guatemala: A Post-Conflict Society
August 25, 2015
No one can understand Guatemalan society without looking at the consequences of state orchestrated oppression. These consequences include women being treated as spoils of war. The Report on the Recuperation of Historical Memory and other documents, like the ones produced by Jesuit anthropologist Ricardo Falla, document the violations of women’s human rights.
Guatemala: una sociedad post conflicto
August 14, 2015
El Gobierno encabezado por el general retirado Otto Pérez Molina se acerca a su fin; las elecciones están convocadas para el 6 de septiembre en un clima de falta de credibilidad e incertidumbre. Con personas que abiertamente prefieren un golpe de estado a que se realice el proceso electoral, bajo la consigna “en estas condiciones no queremos elecciones”.