Jimmy Morales

EspañolA fire killing 40 people earlier this month drove citizens to the streets in Guatemala demanding President Jimmy Morales punish those responsible. During the protest, children, teenagers, adults and the elderly held banners…
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EspañolGuatemalan President Jimmy Morales has announced he will no longer be donating 60 percent of his salary. Morales backed out of his promise this week, due to "the situation and the cost it represents," but did not clarify…
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EspañolProsecutor Thelma Aldana and CICIG — an international commission that acts in Guatemala to avoid impunity — have prosecuted the son and brother of President Jimmy Morales. They have been sent to jail for a crime they helped…
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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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EspañolA number of US observers, including retired military and intelligence officers, have raised the question. They assert that Obama's policy — carried out by the US embassy, by two secretaries of state, and by the first lady herself…
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EspañolIn case you didn't know, Guatemala went through a wrenching year in 2015. Its leaders were deposed and imprisoned on corruption charges. As the Organization of American States and others clearly saw, the literal decapitation of…
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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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EspañolAt the end of November, a curious report appeared in a Guatemalan newspaper. US Ambassador Todd Robinson announced that he intended to seek a commitment from President-elect Jimmy Morales. The ambassador wanted Morales to promise…
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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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EspañolIn response to “Character Assassination of Guatemala’s New President Falls Flat” (November 11, 2015) by Steve Hecht and David Landau. In his November 11 article, Steve Hecht claims Jimmy Morales is the victim of ideologically…
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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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EspañolJimmy Morales is the new president of Guatemala, to the surprise of very few. A comedian with practically zero experience in politics, he won the runoff in a landslide on Sunday, October 25. The runner-up, Sandra Torres, had…
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