Timeline: Guatemala’s 2023 Election Crisis
Traditional powers tried to control the 2023 election, but demonstrations and international support allowed a reformer to overcome a gauntlet of challenges.
This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on Guatemala Guatemala emerged from its devastating 36-year armed conflict in the 1990s beset by intense poverty, acute inequality, and widespread corruption in the security forces and political system. Impunity became the norm for the powerful and well-connected. In the 2023 election, the outgoing administration of President Alejandro Giammattei attempted to control the outcome after cracking down on journalists, anti-corruption investigators and grassroots organizers. The Public Ministry (PM)—led by Attorney General Consuelo...
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