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Alejandro Giammattei is a former prison official whose tenure was tainted by the 2006 mass killing of seven prisoners. He was accused but never indicted on conspiracy charges in those deaths. AP Photo/ Santiago Billy

Guatemala’s next president has few plans for fixing rampant corruption, crime and injustice

Naomi Roht-Arriaza, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco

Conservative Alejandro Giammattei beat former first lady Sandra Torres with 60% of the vote. But turnout was the lowest in Guatemala’s modern history, in apparent protest of both candidates.
Indigenous rights defender Thelma Cabrera, presidential candidate of the Movement for the Liberation of the People, delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Palin, Guatemala. She finished fourth, but made history. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemalan elections: Corruption, violence – and hope

Simon Granovsky-Larsen, University of Regina

Maya candidate Thelma Cabrera’s unprecedented campaign for president was unsuccessful, but hope has not been dashed. Her run suggests that Guatemala’s grassroots opposition is slowly gaining ground.

Related Topics

  1. Alejandro Giammattei
  2. Central America
  3. Corruption
  4. Democracy
  5. Elections
  6. Gangs
  7. Guatemala
  8. Latin America
  9. Northern Triangle

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