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Guatemala Aims for Quiet Coexistence with Washington

By Claudia Méndez Arriaza

President Arévalo is betting on discreet cooperation and pragmatic engagement with the Trump administration.

GUATEMALA CITY — U.S. President Donald Trump is already eliciting loud responses throughout the hemisphere. Mexico has promised retaliation to new U.S. tariffs, and Panama has pushed back on Trump’s threats to seize the Panama Canal. Colombian and Brazilian officials have condemned the treatment of deportees flown to their countries. Honduran President Xiomara Castro has threatened to close a military base in response to mass deportations. In contrast, one country with arguably just as much at stake—Guatemala—has remained largely silent. Over the last four years, the...

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