A Guatemalan court handed down a landmark ruling Friday in a case against two retired military officials. In the 1980s, they presided over a base where systematic sexual violence was used as a weapon...
Mexico ranks only behind Syria and Iraq in the sheer numbers of deaths due to armed conflict. That’s according to a study released this year by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The bulk...
Guatemalan voters head to the polls Sunday in the midst of a major political crisis that has toppled those even at the highest echelons of political power. Shannon Young has more. Download Audio A...
On Tuesday afternoon Guatemala’s Congress voted unanimously to strip President Otto Perez Molina of his immunity from prosecution. The move comes amid a massive corruption scandal that has already prompted several high-ranking officials within...
Corruption scandals in Guatemala are fueling ongoing public protests across the country. Dozens of officials have been arrested and a slew of high-ranking politicians, including the country’s vice-president, have resigned in recent weeks. Many...
A Guatemalan court got off to a false start on a retrial this week in a genocide case against the country’s former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and his then-chief of military intelligence Mauricio Rodríguez...
In May of 2013, a Guatemalan court found the country’s former de facto president guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 80 years in prison. The historic trial of General...
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