CICIG

By Armando De La Torre The UN Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala has unfortunately proved to be the harmful artifact that many people (including myself) anticipated, right from the moment it was first proposed under the name of…
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EspañolThe president of Guatemala, Jimmy Morales, requested an extension to the lifespan of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) for two extra years during his visit to the United Nations on Monday, April…
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EspañolEven though Guatemala's civil war ended almost 20 years ago, it is still the subject of much controversy and animosity. The United Nations International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) has been the latest actor…
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EspañolIn an article published on January 24, Steve Hecht argues that Guatemala's president-elect Jimmy Morales is little more than a puppet of the US government and the "Marxist guerrilla." There is no doubt that the United States has…
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Editor's note: you can also read part one of this series. EspañolAll corruption, as Julius Caesar could have written, is divided into three parts. The first of these is the corruption itself, while the other two are the possible ways…
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EspañolGuatemala's political mob, which we call the blob, is once again trying to suffocate the country's new government even before it takes power. On November 17, the new minister of the Interior, Eunice Mendizábal, appointed a…
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EspañolGuatemala's recent presidential election was far from ordinary. It was shaped by a joint effort between the Barack Obama administration and the United Nations' self-appointed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala…
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EspañolGuatemalans will remember 2015 as the year in which numerous corruption cases were exposed. Several investigations led by the Public Prosecutor's Office and the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) shook…
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In her first round of presidential voting on September 6, Guatemala narrowly avoided a coup d’état which would have cancelled elections and kept them cancelled for a long time. With a presidential runoff scheduled for October 25, the…
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EspañolGuatemala's congress last night voted to strip President Otto Pérez Molina of his official immunity from charges of involvement in a bribery ring. His former vice president, Roxana Baldetti, is already in prison, where she is…
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EspañolThe administration of Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina is currently facing its toughest crisis to date. The Attorney General's Office and the UN-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) have…
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EspañolThe current political scenario in Honduras has become highly unstable as a result of corruption accusations, mainly leveled against the ruling National Party. But despite the current furor, illegality has an established pedigree in…
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