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Presidents of Guatemala

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.

Guatemala's president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo leaves at the end of a press conference in the Plaza of Human Rights in Guatemala City, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.

Guatemala’s newly elected president faces legal challenges

Politics
thelma cabrera in guatemala

Guatemalan elections: Corruption, violence — and hope

Leaders
A protester hits a pot during a demonstration to commemorate International Labour Day in downtown Guatemala City, May 1, 2015. International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day or May Day, commemorates the struggle of workers in industrialised countrie

A Guatemalan spring? Youth-driven protests demand resignation of leaders

Justice

Guatemalans look on as former dictator prepares to stand trial for genocide

Global Politics

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.

Guatemala After the Rios Montt Guilty Verdict

The Guatemalan general who led the country through the bloodiest period of its long civil war, Efrain Rios Montt, has been jailed for 80 years for genocide and crimes against humanity in the early 1980s. BoingBoing’s Xeni Jardin has been tweeting the trial and its aftermath.

Rios Montt Genocide Trial in Disarray in Guatemala

Conflict & Justice

The genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has been thrown into disarray after one of the judges ruled that the entire trial should be annulled.

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.

Ríos Montt and Guatemala’s Genocide Trial

Arts, Culture & Media

In Guatemala, this week marks the start of a landmark trial. Jill Replogle from the public radio collaboration, Fronteras Desk, reports on what this trial means to people in the US, from human rights advocates to Guatemalan immigrants.