Around 30,000 children from the Central American country were given up for international adoption between 1977 and 2007. In many cases, the processes were riddled with irregularities and corruption. Some of the children, now grown up, have returned and are helping other people find their biological families
The former director of ‘El Periódico’ speaks with EL PAÍS, after being released from the military penitentiary where he spent 813 days. ‘I feel very happy, as if I’ve been reborn,’ he says
Eighty years later, the Guatemalan Revolution remains an emblematic period of profound social and political transformation in Latin American history
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Guatemalan president talks about his commitment to transparency in a country plagued by impunity and explains the reasons that led him to receive 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua
The president of the Central American country took advantage of his Washington visit to request that the OAS send a mission to observe the election of judges
Bernardo Arévalo’s commitment to fighting corruption is one of the key selling points to promote foreign investment in the Central American country
The Guatemalan leader declares that the country is at a pivotal moment in its relations with the United States during a Council of the Americas forum
After seeing record-high numbers of irregular crossings, Washington is seeking to bolster trilateral cooperation, arguing this will be facilitated by Bernardo Arévalo’s arrival in power
Authorities have issued an epidemiological alert for Guillain-Barré Syndrome, which causes paralysis and has left five dead
President Arévalo and his team are learning to swim among sharks. His first steps have been between tentative and erratic. The highly-anticipated green spring has been cloaked in gray, due to the entrenchment of corrupt actors in the country’s institutions
EL PAÍS entered the Mariscal Zavala military prison where the journalist has been jailed for the last 18 months. The international community hopes he will be released under the Bernardo Arévalo administration, but he remains calm: ‘I’m ready to spend three months or 100 years here’
The president wants to ‘make the election transparent.’ Recognized ancestral authorities will seek to occupy the governorships for the first time
The progressive, pro-government legislators are waging a legal battle. They have until the end of the month to reestablish themselves as an official bloc in Congress
Bernardo Arévalo has failed in two attempts to see eye-to-eye with Consuelo Porras. He can’t immediately remove her, but is seeking another way to get the prosecutor out of office
After nearly two weeks in office, dark clouds of unease loom over the new administration
The official has been called to the presidential office to present a detailed report on different issues during her term at the head of the under-fire Public Prosecutor’s Office
Only about 20% of the extortion cases are attributable to gangs, while the rest are gang ‘imitators,’ Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez said
Washington said ‘credible information’ indicates the former president ‘accepted bribes in exchange for the performance of his public functions during his tenure’
The Colombian president left Guatemala City to an ovation after refusing to leave until the inauguration of his counterpart had gone ahead
During the last five months, the new president has repeatedly faced attempts by a sector of the judiciary to derail the transition of power
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the president of Guatemala — who was sworn in on Sunday — discusses the efforts to stop him from taking power and the challenges his government will face
Citizens and international leaders supported the president-elect in the face of last-minute obstacles to prevent him from being sworn in
The incoming administration, a legislative minority, will govern in an environment of confrontation with the Guatemalan prosecutor’s office
The progressive sociologist will take the reins of the country after overcoming numerous judicial attempts to invalidate his victory. His promise to fight corruption will be heavily challenged
The indigenous peoples have led a powerful movement to defend democracy against judicial attacks to try to invalidate the elections. The government now has the challenge of not leaving them behind
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
The decision by the highest court of justice will contain, for now at least, repeated attempts by the attorney general’s office to reverse the election victory of the president-elect