David Toro News Today

Jose Mulino replaced former President Ricardo Martinelli, who has asylum in the Nicaraguan Embassy after being convicted of corruption.

David Toro Escobar Guatemala City, Jan 29 (EFE). – Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo failed on Monday in his second attempt to confront Attorney General Consuelo Porras, who has been accused of obstructing his inauguration, when she walked out of a meeting with the president, citing legal obstacles. “The prosecutor is showing her refusal to comply …

"The political power no longer supports the Attorney General," but "she is shielded for the moment" because of her position.

The elite counterattack, the president’s “Semilla” party forms a coalition in Congress, & the US levels sanctions on ex-President Giammattei.

This is a new attempt by the Public Ministry, led by the attorney general, Consuelo Porras, to reverse the electoral results won by Arevalo.

By David Toro Escobar Guatemala City, Sept 13 (EFE).- Guatemala’s Attorney General’s Office continued on Wednesday to open and inspect boxes of ballots from the first round of elections on June 25, breaking the chain of custody, for the second day in a row. President-elect Bernardo Arévalo warned that a “coup d’état” was underway to …

David Toro Escobar Guatemala City, Sept 6 (EFE).- The Vice President-elect of Guatemala, Karin Herrera, promises a head-on approach against state corruption starting in January 2024 after the inauguration of Guatemala’s new government. Herrera also hopes her performance will motivate other women to participate in politics. In an interview with EFE, the Vice President-elect said …

By David Toro Escobar Guatemala City, Aug 31 (EFE) – The provisional suspension of the Semilla Movement of Guatemala’s president-elect, Bernardo Arevalo, and the decision by Congress not to recognize his party create an unprecedented transfer of power conundrum. On Wednesday night, Congressman Samuel Perez, head of the parliamentary bloc, said that these are “systematic …

By David Toro Escobar Guatemala City, Aug 17 (EFE).- Repeated attempts by Guatemala’s Attorney General’s Office to keep presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo de Leon and his center-left, anti-graft Semilla party off the ballot have been blocked by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE). Even so, they have served to lay bare the institutional weakness plaguing that …

All of the band's musicians were left partially or totally blinded by projectiles fired by police.