Today I spoke with voters in Guatemala City for Al Jazeera ahead of Guatemala’s run-off elections on August 20. Those who I spoke with expressed uncertainty, confusion, and hope ahead of the run-off.
My latest.
My latest.
07:30 PM - Jul 25, 2023
Today revision of the contested ballots started in Guatemala after the country's highest court intervened in the Guatemalan elections. The court's move is unprecedented in Guatemalan history. My story for Al Jazeera
08:31 PM - Jul 04, 2023
Movimiento Semilla's successes on Sunday came as a big surprise for analysts and brings hope for many, especially as there were concerns over rollbacks of democratic institutions ahead of the elections.
My story for Al Jazeera
My story for Al Jazeera
02:13 PM - Jun 29, 2023
In early April 2023, ICE agents arrested an ex-member of the Salvadoran military who stands accused of participating in one of the worst massacres in Latin America during the 1980's. He is one of many war criminals who have sought to find refuge in the US, but many have deported to face charges
09:48 AM - Apr 29, 2023
Tomorrow marks the fifty-third Earth Day. As the world marks the day, Indigenous communities in Guatemala have sought to raise attention to the contamination from plastic and pollution. In San Pedro la Laguna, Guatemala, residents have gone out to clean the beaches of their municipality
07:44 PM - Apr 21, 2023
Well there it goes... Lost my blue check-mark on twitter...
02:35 PM - Apr 20, 2023
Guatemala begins the campaign period as candidates have been blocked from participating, especially those critical of the status quo. My column for the week for @theprogressive
04:47 PM - Apr 14, 2023
Guatemalans abroad sent home 1.665 billion dollars in March 2023, continuing the trend in the last 3 years. The steady increase in remittances being sent home is reflective of the necessity that exists in Guatemala and how migration is the only way for many families to survive
08:54 AM - Apr 13, 2023
“The arbitrary blocking of candidates because they represent a danger to the [political] establishment is serious”
Campaigning in Guatemala is underway as observers have continued to raise concerns over the electoral process. My latest for Al Jazeera.
Campaigning in Guatemala is underway as observers have continued to raise concerns over the electoral process. My latest for Al Jazeera.
01:21 PM - Apr 10, 2023
“The arbitrary blocking of candidates because they represent a danger to the [political] establishment is serious”
Campaigning in Guatemala is underway as observers have continued to raise concerns over the electoral process. My latest for Al Jazeera.
Campaigning in Guatemala is underway as observers have continued to raise concerns over the electoral process. My latest for Al Jazeera.
01:21 PM - Apr 10, 2023
750 migrants were deported yesterday on 6 flights, 5 from the United States and 1 from Mexico, acccording to the Guatemalan Immigartion authorities. Between Jan 1 and March 31, 22,374 have been deported from both Mexico and the U.S.
[Photo by me from February 2020]
[Photo by me from February 2020]
12:20 PM - Apr 04, 2023
Last week Honduras announced it was severing ties with Taiwan, further isolating the island diplomatically. This trend will likely continue because no country wants to be the last to recognize One China. My latest for @theprogressive
08:44 AM - Apr 01, 2023
Residents of San Pedro la Laguna have taken it apon themselves to clean the shores of Lake Atitlán of the garbage that appear on the shroes. The accuse the lack of regulation and the GT business commuity of contaminating the lake. My latest for Waging Nonviolence
02:48 PM - Mar 30, 2023
My story about the attacks on the press in Guatemala and how there is an escalation of the campaign against journalists in the Central American country after a judge gave the green-light to investigate journalists.
03:25 PM - Mar 15, 2023
Over the last 22 years, the presence of the Guatemalan military in the streets across the country have done nothing to improve security finds Plaza Publica. Rather it has been costly and made the country more inscure.
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La paradoja del ejército en las calles: es costoso, innecesario y no baja la violencia | Plaza Pública
Desde octubre del 2022, el Ministerio de Gobernación implementó la poco novedosa medida de integrar a soldados en patrullajes y puestos de control conjuntos con la PNC. Es la misma idea que fue desechada hace cinco años por ineficiente e incluso riesgosa para la población. El objetivo de reactivar e..
12:45 PM - Mar 15, 2023
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04:07 PM - Mar 07, 2023
Guatemala continues to see a worsening situation. Yesterday a judge ordered that nine journalists and columnists from the newspaper El Periódico and others will be investigated for their work.
08:21 AM - Mar 01, 2023
I wrote another piece to look at the threats to migrant shelters in Guatemala and how these threats stem from pressures from the United States to address the transit of migrants through Central America. Please give it a read and share it around
11:34 AM - Feb 24, 2023
The Catholic Church in Guatemala raised concern that their network of migrant shelters could face closure due to new pressures and requirements from the government that they say restrict their ability to give shelter to migrants.
My most recent for Al Jazeera.
My most recent for Al Jazeera.
07:47 AM - Feb 18, 2023
During the campaign for the Presidency of Honduras, Xiomara Castro promised to bring an UN backed anti-corruption body to the country. Since taking office last year, she has advanced on her promise, but there are still mixed signals on what it will mean. My column for the week for The Progressive
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03:40 PM - Feb 17, 2023
As of February 13, the United States has deported 4226 Guatemalan migrants on 38 different ICEair chartered flights. These migrants will likely try to migrante again due to the lack of opportunities and the lack of attention provided by the state.
[Photo is by me from February 2020]
[Photo is by me from February 2020]
02:32 PM - Feb 14, 2023
Neo-Fascism is on the rise in Mexico, as it is across Latin America.
10:41 AM - Feb 14, 2023
Today I appeared on 89.9 WORTfm in Madison, Wisconson to talk about new barriers and challenges facing migration and asylum seekers trying to reach the United States. Listen here:
03:29 PM - Feb 13, 2023
Guatemalans will vote for the country's next president this coming June. At least seven of the candidates running for various offices have been signaled, santioned, or served prison time for money laundering, corruption, or anti-democratic actions by the United States
07:41 AM - Feb 13, 2023
Guatemala’s Central Bank published remittances data for January 2023 this week, and once again migrants abroad have sent home more money in remittances in January than the in the same month in 2022. In total migrants sent 1.386 billion dollars to families. This money means the survivial of many.
04:10 PM - Feb 10, 2023
Community leaders in El Salvador who beat back metal mining in the country have been accused of a decades-old murder by its rightwing administration. The case brings fears of the rollback of the mining ban in the Central American country
10:39 AM - Feb 10, 2023
