Giammattei, Alejandro

Will Guatemala’s President-Elect, Bernardo Arévalo, Actually Take Office?

Bernardo Arévalo, the most progressive leader to get this far in decades, faces a barrage of legal attacks aimed at preventing an orderly transfer of power.

Arévalo Wins Election in Guatemala

The landslide victory by the candidate of an upstart party signals an uncertain new chapter in Central America’s largest country.

Guatemala’s Anti Corruption Crusader is on Cusp of Presidency

Can an intellectual on an anti-graft crusade win the presidency in a nation sliding toward authoritarianism? Guatemala is about to find out.

Guatemalan Election Deniers Are Trying to Overturn Democracy

Though the country’s autocrats have now deployed the full force of the state to steal the elections, they are not the only people mobilizing.

Arevalo Upends Guatemalan Presidential Election, Advancing to a Runoff

Bernardo Arévalo, a professorial lawmaker, stunned Guatemala’s establishment by advancing to a second round against Sandra Torres, a former first lady.