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Brussels, Feb 2 (EFE).- The European Union on Friday sanctioned Guatemala’s Attorney General, Consuelo Porras, three of her subordinates and a judge for their attempts to prevent the inauguration of President Bernardo Arévalo, who took office on Jan. 14. A statement from the European Council said the sanctions were imposed to “hold accountable those obstructing …

The United States on Thursday added Guatemalan prosecutors targeting president-elect Bernardo Arevalo to a corruption blacklist, making them ineligible for US visas.

Washington, Dec. 21 (EFE) – The United States on Thursday added three Guatemalan prosecutors who interfered in the presidential electoral process, the Honduran Minister of Strategic Planning, a Nicaraguan judge and three commissioners of the Salvadoran Transparency Institute to its list of corrupt actors in Central America. Specifically, the Joe Biden administration sanctioned Guatemalan prosecutors …

The US on Thursday added to its list of individuals barred from obtaining US visas three Guatemalan prosecutors and a judge who had been actively pursuing Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arevalo o...

Guatemala the Central American country long linked to political instability and extreme violence in solving many of its domestic conflicts, is again a hotspot in the region since an elected president, who should be taking office in mid-January, has been facing growing supposedly legal impediments to his legitimate right, supported by an overwhelming majority of voters who surprised the political establishment.

The Constitutional Court said in a statement it had issued an order to "command Congress ... to guarantee the effective inauguration of all elected officials in the 2023 electoral process, in

Guatemala's top court on Thursday ordered Congress to "guarantee" the swearing-in of president-elect Bernardo Arevalo, after accepting an appeal against

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Guatemala's top court on Thursday ordered Congress to "guarantee" the swearing-in of president-elect Bernardo Arevalo, after accepting an appeal against efforts by the prosecutor's office aimed at preventing him from assuming power on January 14. The decision came after the court accepted an appeal presented in October by a group of lawyers and citizens to clear Arevalo's rise to power. 

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Mercosur member countries, the European Union and the US have called on Guatemala authorities to impede the Central American countrys Attorney Generals office to annul the general election result preventing President-elect Bernardo Arevalo from taking office in January.