Articles by: Vaclav Masek

August 18, 2023

A pesar de intervención y persecución legal, encuestas favorecen al candidato reformista sobre la opción del establecimiento para la segunda vuelta. Aún se vislumbran esfuerzos judiciales para descarrilar la democracia.

August 17, 2023

Despite court intervention and legal persecution, a reformist candidate is favored to win the runoff over an establishment option. Judicial efforts to derail democracy still loom.

November 16, 2021

In the latest episode of a lengthy saga of repression and resistance, Maya communities demanding to be consulted about a foreign-owned nickel mine in their territories now live under a state of siege.

November 23, 2020

Congress suspended the latest budget bill following widespread protests against self-serving political elites.

May 7, 2020

As bureaucratic inefficiency delays economic recovery programs, thousands demand basic social protections following two months of lockdown.

August 12, 2019

La administración entrante del ex director de presidios Alejandro Giammattei amenaza con profundizar la desestabilización en una región sumida en crisis.

August 12, 2019

The incoming administration of former prison director Alejandro Giammattei threatens further destabilizing a region already in disarray.

May 16, 2019

La jueza Yassmín Barrios ha presidido sobre algunos de los casos más importantes en Guatemala, incluso el caso histórico del Efraín Ríos Montt. ¿Cuál sería el impacto de una nueva ley de amnistía para el poder judicial del país?

May 16, 2019

Judge Yassmín Barrios has presided over some of the most important cases in Guatemala, including the historic genocide trial against Efraín Ríos Montt. What would be the impact of a new amnesty law for the country's judiciary?