GHRC – El Quetzal (Winter 2025) The Winter 2025 edition of El Quetzal, from The Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC), has recently been published. In it, they explore the implications of a co-opted justice system and the necessity of change, sharing the views of the Indigenous Mayor of Nebaj, two defenders living in exile, and two defenders working for justice within Guatemala. Indigenous Mayor Feliciana Herrera explains how tightened borders in the US are affecting the Guatemalan Indigenous communities, Juan Francisco Sandoval reports on the case of exiled Constitutional Court Judge Gloria Porras, Judge Miguel Angel Galvez discusses transitional justice cases, and Juan Francisco Soto, director of UDEFEGUA, warns of the various ways the selection of a new attorney general next spring can be influenced by corrupt networks trying to hold onto their power.

GHRC – El Quetzal (Winter 2025)
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En #Guatemala la corrupción reside en el Ministerio Público, en el Organismo Judicial y la Corte de Constitucionalidad

El #PactoDeCorruptos se siente empoderado al tener esto bajo su control.

Mientras Tanto en América Latina - Weekly Newsletter Esto sucedió en América Latina del 26 de octubre al 1 de noviembre: el operativo más letal de Brasil. Cuba. Melissa termina destruye oriente

#Guatemala🇬🇹 el #PactoDeCorruptos ataca de nuevo
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👨🏽⚖️ Un juez sancionado por #EEUU y la Unión Europea intentó destituir a Bernardo Arévalo
🫶 La OEA, #UE y #EEUU siguen respaldando a Arévalo

En #Guatemala el Ministerio Público lo dirigen 3 corruptos que se han dedicado a defender ladrones, corruptos y narcotraficantes, y a perseguir a todos aquellos que le son incómodos al #PactoDeCorruptos

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Compartimos #Pronunciamiento de las Comunidades de Población en Resistencia CPR Sierra, que expresan indignación y repudio por el retroceso provocado por el #pactodecorruptos que ha capturado el sistema de justicia para criminalizar y perseguir líderes y liderezas indígenas.

Criminalization and Judicial Terrorism against Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala The recent arrests of two Maya leaders is emblematic of increasing repression and criminalization of Indigenous peoples by the Guatemalan state. Giovanni Batz writes in NACLA of the recent arrests of the Indigenous Maya leaders, Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán, and places these events within the context of the current regional wave of mass incarceration and global criminalization and detention of activists, and Indigenous and oppressed peoples.

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“It saddens me that Semilla has been unable to uphold the party’s values” Yuliana Ramazzini writes in El Faro English of the fracturing of Movimiento Semilla, the party of Bernardo Arévalo, and talks with Social anthropologist Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj, a Maya K’iche’ social anthropologist who participated more than a decade ago in the founding of Semilla. When Samuel Pérez, the highest-profile congressman from Movimiento Semilla, Guatemala’s ruling party, announced in late May an initiative to form a new party called Raíces, it became apparent that the small party that had brought Bernardo Arévalo to the presidency in 2023 has split in two: between those close to the president and those close to Pérez.

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GHRC – El Quetzal (Summer 2025) The Summer 2025 edition of El Quetzal, from The Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC), has recently been published. It features an interview with Eva Siomara Sosa, a former prosecutor who worked as sub-director of the Special Prosecutor's Office against Impunity (FECI) is one of those forced into exile. GHRC awarded her the Alice Zachmann Human Rights Defenders Award in April and was able to learn more about her commitment to justice.

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Guatemala: Indigenous Leaders Face Terrorism Charges International Scrutiny Needed as Attorney General Ramps Up Abusive Prosecutions Human Rights Watch recently issued a News Release concerning the criminalisation of Indigenous leaders by the Attorney General’s office. Guatemala’s Attorney General’s Office has detained two Indigenous leaders on spurious terrorism charges tied to their participation in peaceful protests, Human Rights Watch said today. On April 23, Guatemalan police detained Luis Pacheco and Hector Chaclán in Guatemala City, after prosecutors accused them of serious crimes – including terrorism – in connection with their participation in peaceful protests during Guatemala’s 2023 general elections.

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Arrest of Indigenous Leaders Threatens Rights to Free Assembly and Democracy in Guatemala In Guatemala, what we had feared would happen is beginning to happen. Indigenous leaders who put their safety on the line for democracy are being arrested. Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) posted a piece on the criminalisation and arrest of two Indigenous leaders on charges relating to protecting the environment. We posted a piece on this recently.

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GHRC – Blog: Update on Recent Developments in Guatemala Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) posted an update last month on the latest news from Guatemala. The topics covered included: State Department Certifies Guatemala’s Efforts Against Corruption Semilla Party Official Arrested as Efforts to Weaken Arévalo Continue Constitutional Court Annuls Arrest Warrant for TSE Official José Rubén Zamora Again Jailed Prensa Comunitaria and Ruda Journalists Suffer Threats…

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Expanding Her Enemy List, Guatemalan AG Accuses Indigenous Leaders of Terrorism Two Maya K’iche’ pro-democracy leaders who were key in fending off an electoral coup in 2023 and 2024 have now been arrested and accused of terrorism, including a member of President Bernardo Arévalo’s cabinet. In response, Arévalo and Indigenous authorities presented an injunction against the attorney general and called for renewed demonstrations. Amid an ever-steepening assault on anti-coup actors, human rights experts warn about the danger of terrorism charges to curb the right to protest.

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UK sanctions corrupt actors in Guatemala The UK has sanctioned seven corrupt actors whose actions have undermined democracy and the rule of law in Guatemala. The UK Government recently announced sanctions being placed on corrupt actors in Guatemala. Among the members of the “Pacto de Corruptos” (Pact of the Corrupt) facing sanctions are former President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei, his associate Miguel Martinez, and the Attorney General Maria Consuelo Porras.

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Esa Comisión podría convertirse en Comisión Pesquisidora, y toma importancia si el llamado #PactoDeCorruptos busca retirarle la inmunidad al Presidente de la República, Bernardo Arévalo.

Exile is ‘a little bit less than death’ for lawyer forced to flee Guatemala Haroon Siddique wrote in The Guardian on Virginia Laparra’s struggle for justice and her receiving of the Sir Henry Brooke award. A Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor forced into exile after being pursued by the country’s conservative elite has said that leaving the country was the only way to save her life but was only “a little bit less than death”. Virginia Laparra, 45, spent two years in prison for allegedly abusing her position after she reported her suspicion that a judge had leaked sensitive details from a sealed corruption case to a colleague in 2017.

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Fighting Corruption – Virginia Laparra awarded the Sir Henry Brooke award In a significant acknowledgment of her relentless fight against corruption under perilous conditions, Virginia Laparra Rivas, a former prosecutor in Guatemala, was honoured with the prestigious Sir Henry Brooke Award for 2025. The ceremony, organized by the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk, took place recently, in London, celebrating her exceptional commitment to human rights and the rule of law.

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Chile: Inaceptable e Impresentable‼️
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Parte del #PactoDeCorruptos

Fijo que tiene poder!!
#MiguelPitoMartinez sigue gobernando con el apoyo del #PactoDeCorruptos y del emep!

Solo para ir dejando claras las cosas. Acá en 🇬🇹 sigue mandando el #PactoDeCorruptos.

Y mientras tanto el presi está esperando que sus asesores (enemigos) le pasen su horóscopo del día para ver si es conveniente mandar la invitación hoy, mañana o dentro de tres años.

Yo no es que respalde, fanaticamente, al presidente. Pero pareciera que muchos no han entendido que la trampa es precisamente que el presidente haga algo que sea su final. ¿Recuerdan a Pedro Castillo en Perú? ¿Han visto como el #PactoDeCorruptos cierra filas? Pues eso.