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Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arevalo is due to be sworn in Sunday for a four-year term, pledging to banish deep-rooted corruption, though he will come up against a divided Congress and string of judicial attempts to block him from wielding power. Vowing to restore democracy in Guatemala, the most populous country in Central America with 17.1 million people, Arevalo, 65, won the August presidential run-off in a sweeping victory. In the months after, Guatamala's attorney general - seen as an ally of outgoing President Alejandro Giammattei - has intensified attempts to discredit Ar...

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's former interior minister was detained on Thursday, authorities said, accused of failing to fulfill his duties ...

Former Guatemalan President Otto Perez entered house arrest after being imprisoned since 2015 on a corruption conviction, his lawyer said on Thursday. Perez, a retired general, governed the Central American nation from 2012 until 2015, when he was forced to resign with just four months left in his term amid protests over graft scandals. The ex-president left prison on Wednesday evening, his lawyer, Cesar Calderon, told Reuters.

WASHINGTON/GUATEMALA CITY :The U.S. government announced measures on Monday to punish what it has described as anti-democratic moves by officials including Guatemala's top prosecutor that seek to annul the election won decisively by President-elect Bernardo Arevalo.The latest measures imposed by Washington ar

GUATEMALA CITY -Guatemala's outgoing President Alejandro Giammattei on Tuesday rejected what he described as intimidating actions that undercut national sovereignty, a day after the U.S. government... -December 12, 2023 at 03:25 pm EST - MarketScreener