Washington said ‘credible information’ indicates the former president ‘accepted bribes in exchange for the performance of his public functions during his tenure’
The president-elect will assume power in the Central American country on January 14 amid enormous expectations. He will seek to make deep changes after almost half a year of overcoming obstacles and denouncing a coup d’état against him
Day after day, despite the prevailing uncertainty due to the public prosecutor’s onslaught, the army of civilians defending the putschist effort has more and more silent deserters
Indigenous people are rallying to defend the country’s constitution and uphold the election of Bernardo Arévalo as president
Demonstrators have pushed back riot police and extended their protest demanding the resignation of the attorney general, whom they accuse of trying to prevent president-elect Bernardo Arévalo from taking office
Sandra Torres and Bernardo Arévalo will face off Sunday. Opinion polls released this week have showed the latter ahead by a wide margin
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the candidate for the Seed Movement – a center-left political party – affirms that, in the runoff election scheduled for August, he will seek alliances with ‘all who have a constructive attitude and who are against corruption’
The UNE party nominee touts her ‘defense of children and families’ while attacking her progressive opponent, Bernardo Arévalo
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal says that former first lady Sandra Torres for the conservative UNE party has 15.7% and Bernardo Arévalo of the leftist Seed Movement has 11.8%
With a hundred exiles and the rapid erosion of the separation of powers, Sunday’s contest is crucial in Central America, where leaders like Bukele and Ortega are seizing power and restricting rights
As many as 13% of eligible voters plan to cast null votes Sunday, according to a poll published by the Prensa Libre newspaper
Zamora’s ‘El Periodico’ newspaper was known as fiercely independent and published investigations about corruption in the administrations of Giammattei and his predecessors