"Guatemala is going through a critical moment. The country is caught between efforts to rebuild its institutions and the resistance of a corrupt state unwilling to surrender its privileges. Since taking office in January 2024, President Bernardo Arevalo, 67, has confronted those entrenched powers, which have tried by every means to limit his autonomy. He has faced destabilization maneuvers, threats, and a persistent offensive from the Attorney General's Office and Congress."
"As a country, our democracy is at stake. Something unforeseen is happening: a series of critical elections are converging in a very short period, elections that were not designed to coincide. This is a moment in which we have the opportunity to regain control of the justice system, or rather, to rescue it from the hands of these criminal and corrupt actors."
Guatemala confronts a struggle between rebuilding institutions and a corrupt state reluctant to cede privileges. President Bernardo Arevalo, 67, faces entrenched powers that have employed destabilization maneuvers, threats, and institutional offensives from the Attorney General's Office and Congress. A wave of prison riots, triggered after the Barrio 18 gang killed ten police officers, led to a continuing state of siege. Multiple critical elections and appointments for the judiciary and Attorney General's Office are converging, creating an opportunity to recover the justice system from criminal and corrupt actors. The government seeks to promote independent, decent, justice-committed candidates to fill key positions.
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