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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo’s new administration says it will make addressing widespread extortion its top security priority. Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez, a ...
News Guatemala » Government: New Guatemala government arrests former mayor in corruption raids
GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Guatemala's government said on Thursday prosecutors carried out raids and arrested a former mayor accused of corruption as the U.S. embassy announced it had revoked ...
News Guatemala » Government: Guatemala begins high-stakes top court magistrate elections, a fresh test for democracy
Guatemala began electing magistrates to its highest court Thursday, in a weekslong process that will again test the strength of its democratic institutions. Guatemala’s Constitutional Court has been ...
News Guatemala » Government: Guatemala court gives government 48 hours to explain ban on U.N. anti-graft chief
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's top court said on Wednesday it had given the government 48 hours to explain why it barred the head of a U.N. anti-corruption agency from entering the country, ...