LGBT Agenda Is Part of Effort to Undermine Guatemalan Democracy In a May 17 US congressional hearing, Representative Scott Perry complained to USAID Administrator Samantha Power that her organization spent $1 million to train “LGBTQ+” candidates in Guatemala…. Read More

Nomination of Todd Robinson’s Right-Hand Man Is Ominous The White House has announced it intends to name Tobin John Bradley to succeed current US Ambassador to Guatemala William Popp. Bradley’s post now is deputy assistant secretary of state… Read More

Seven Senators Exacerbate Problem, Could Be Part of Solution We denounce the characterization of Guatemala in a letter dated March 14, 2023, to Secretary of State Antony Blinken by seven US senators. The letter supports illegal State Department… Read More

Regarding important news in Guatemala, August 3, 2020 The Honorable Mitch McConnellSenate Majority LeaderUS SenateWashington, DC The Honorable Kevin McCarthyHouse Minority LeaderUS House of RepresentativesWashington, DC Dear Leaders McConnell and McCarthy: We the undersigned are a group of… Read More

Support for High Court Is Misguided Guatemala, July 8, 2020. Today the chairman and ranking member of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Albio Sires (D-NJ) and Francis Rooney (R-FL), respectively, issued… Read More

Gave Personal Support to Corrupt Judge Guatemala, July 8, 2020. On July 6, US Ambassador Luis Arreaga and ambassadors from the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and the European Union met at Arreaga’s residence with Judge Erika Aifán… Read More

Guatemala, July 4, 2020. We reject the provisional injunction the Constitutional Court (CC) granted itself on June 27 as procedurally and substantively illegal. The petitioners are not aggrieved parties and have no standing. Further, magistrates are prohibited from… Read More

Guatemala, May 28, 2020 Events that at first glance seem unrelated show a coordinated attack on the rule of law in Guatemala. US Ambassador to Guatemala Luis Arreaga leads this assault privately and publicly. During three and a… Read More

There is a UN entity that has flown under the radar internationally and been misunderstood in Guatemala, where it operates. The lack of awareness needs to change, because the CICIG (its Spanish acronym) is unaudited and not accountable… Read More