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FILE - Migrants begin their journey north in hopes of reaching the U.S. border, in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, April 23, 2023. Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo met Friday, May 17, 2024, in this Mexican border city to tackle issues of shared interest, foremost among them immigration. (AP Photo/Edgar Hernandez Clemente, File)

Mexican and Guatemalan presidents meet at border to discuss migration, security and development

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo were meeting Friday in this Mexican border city to tackle issues of shared interest, foremost among them immigration.

Guatemalan Foreign Minister Carlos Ramiro Martinez Alvarado, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pose for a group photo at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Blinken is in Guatemala for a two-day visit where he will attend a regional meeting on irregular migration. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Western Hemisphere nations pledge to continue coordinating response to historic regional migration

A waste picker walks past clouds of smoke generated by a fire at a garbage dump in Villa Nueva, Guatemala, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. According to the Guatemalan emergency agency CONRED, 60 percent of the fire has been controlled as the poor air quality in the country's capital caused schools to close for two days. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala’s president issues natural disaster declaration as 44 forest fires rage on

Olivia Orozco Lopez cries as she holds a portrait of her late daughter Celestina Carolina during an interview in the Culvilla hamlet of Tejutla, Guatemala, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Carolina died asphyxiated alongside 50 other migrants in a smuggler's trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas in June 2022. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Desperate young Guatemalans try to reach the US even after horrific deaths of migrating relatives

President Bernardo Arévalo and his wife, first lady Lucrecia Peinado, leave the Metropolitan Cathedral after a the 'Te Deum' Mass in Guatemala City, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, the morning after his inauguration. Arévalo was left with huge challenges Monday after he was finally sworn into office, including his party’s lack of recognition in a Congress where he would not have a majority anyway. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

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Army Gen. Henry Saenz salutes President Bernardo Arévalo to recognize him as the army's commander and chief during a ceremony at Constitution square in Guatemala City, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, the morning after his inauguration. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Bernardo Arévalo faces huge challenges after finally being sworn in as Guatemala’s president

Guatemala’s new president has huge challenges to address now that he’s finally been sworn into office.

Incoming Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo takes the oath of office during his swearing-in ceremony in Guatemala City, early Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Bernardo Arévalo sworn in as Guatemala’s president despite months of efforts to derail inauguration

Bernardo Arévalo has been sworn in as Guatemala’s president despite months of efforts to derail his inauguration, including foot-dragging and rising tensions right up until the transfer of power.

FILE - President-elect Bernardo Arévalo waves as he leads a march in protest of government interference in the elections he won in August, in Guatemala City, Dec. 7, 2023. Arévalo’s imminent Jan. 14th inauguration and the pursuit of him and his party by the attorney general are recurring topics over dinner tables in this country, reflecting a political awakening in a population weary of corruption and impunity. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Guatemalans hope for a peaceful transition of power with Bernardo Arévalo’s upcoming inauguration

Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s imminent inauguration and the unrelenting pursuit of him and his party by the Attorney General are recurring topics over dinner tables in this country, reflecting a political awakening in a population weary of corruption.

Guatemalan electoral magistrates leave the country hours after losing immunity from prosecution

Three magistrates of Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal have left the country, hours after the country’s Congress opened them up to prosecution by stripping them of their immunity.

1 dead, 2 injured by gunshots near a pro-democracy protest in Guatemala

One person is dead and two more have been injured by gunshots near a pro-democracy protest in Guatemala.

A firefighter is silhouetted by the flames of a forest fire on the outskirts of Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Nicolas Aguilera)

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Firefighters work to extinguish a forest fire on the outskirts of Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina.

Supreme Electoral Tribunal's Mynor Franco, center, arrives to the Constitutional Court building in Guatemala City, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. The prosecutor's office raided the electoral tribunal for the fourth time on Friday in search of election results records following Bernardo Arévalo's presidential election win. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Police scuffle with electoral court justices in Guatemala as prosecutors seek to seize vote tallies

Policemen have shoved and wrestled with justices of Guatemala’s top electoral tribunal, as prosecutors sought to seize the tally sheets of votes from the August presidential elections.

Indigenous people march for the resignation of the Attorney General Consuelo Porras in Guatemala City, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. President-elect Bernardo Arévalo has called people to protest efforts to derail his presidency before he can take office and for the attorney general's resignation, due to its office's investigations related to the registration of Arévalo's Seed Movement party, and alleged fraud in the election. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Indigenous supporters march to defend Guatemala’s president-elect amid vote fraud allegations

Thousands of indigenous supporters have protested in Guatemala City to defend Guatemala’s president-elect as government prosecutors seek to ban his political party.

President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and Vice President-elect Karin Herrera pose with their presidential election winners' certificate at the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in Guatemala City, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala prosecutor seeks to strip electoral authorities of immunity after election

Guatemala’s prosecutor for electoral crimes has asked the Supreme Court of Justice to strip five magistrates of the country’s top electoral authority of their immunity so they can be investigated on fraud allegations made by the loser of the Aug. 20 election.

President-elect Bernardo Arévalo arrives to a press conference in Guatemala City, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

OAS says legal actions in Guatemala appear aimed at keeping president-elect from taking power

The head of the Organization of American States’ election observation mission to Guatemala has told the regional body that actions taken by Guatemala’s justice system against the Seed Movement party of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo appear to be aimed at preventing him from taking power.

Supporters of presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo celebrate after preliminary results showed him the victor in a presidential run-off election in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Arevalo appeared to be the "virtual winner" of the election to be Guatemala's next president. The official results will still have to be certified. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Candidate who lost Guatemala’s presidential election files complaint alleging voter fraud

The party of former first lady Sandra Torres, who lost Guatemala’s presidential election this week, has filed a complaint alleging fraud in the way the votes were counted.

Presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo listens to a question during a press conference after preliminary results showed him the victor in a presidential run-off election in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

OAS human rights body demands protection for apparent Guatemalan election winner amid plot rumors

The Organization of American States’ human rights commission is asking Guatemala to provide protection for Bernardo Arévalo, the winner of the country’s Aug. 20 elections, after reports emerged of a possible plot to kill him.

Bernardo Arévalo, presidential candidate with Seed Movement party, gestures after delivering his speech during the closing campaign rally at Constitution square in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. Arevalo faces rival and former first lady Sandra Torres of the UNE party in the Aug. 20 runoff election. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala court permanently blocks suspension of Seed Movement party ahead of Sunday’s election

Guatemala’s Supreme Court of Justice has granted a permanent injunction to the party of progressive presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo.

Sandra Torres, presidential candidate of UNE party, attends a meeting with Guatemalan Army veterans in Guatemala City, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. Torres will face Bernardo Arévalo of the Seed Movement party in an Aug. 20 runoff election. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala’s veterans about face to support Sandra Torres for president

Guatemala’s largest military veteran organization endorsed presidential candidate Sandra Torres Tuesday.

Protestors gather outside the Attorney General's Office in Guatemala City, Monday, July 24, 2023. Demonstrators are demanding respect for democracy after prosecutorial and judicial actions against the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and against one of the two parties set to participate in the presidential run-off election. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemalans protest interference by court, prosecutors in August’s second-round election

Hundreds of Guatemalans are protesting the interference by courts and prosecutors in August’s second-round presidential election.

Police agents carry evidence collected from the Seed Movement political party headquarters, in Guatemala City, Friday, July 21, 2023. Guatemalan agents and police raided the offices of presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo as part of an investigation into alleged wrongdoing in the party's formation. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Police in Guatemala search party offices of progressive presidential candidate

Guatemalan agents and police have raided the offices of the Seed Movement of presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo as part of an investigation into alleged wrongdoing in the party’s formation.

Supreme Electoral Tribunal magistrates hold a press conference in Guatemala City, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. The tribunal certified presidential election results, sending candidates Sandra Torres and Bernardo Arévalo to an Aug. 20 runoff, while the Attorney General's Office announced that Arevalo´s party had been suspended. (AP Photo/Wilder Lopez)

Top tribunal certifies Guatemala’s election result minutes after another court suspends party

Guatemala’s troubled presidential election has been thrown into even greater turmoil after the country’s top electoral tribunal confirmed the results of the June 25 vote while the Attorney General’s Office announced that the second place party had been suspended.

FILE - Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei sings the national anthem before giving his third annual address to the nation at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Jan. 14, 2023. Giammattei released a statement on Monday, July 10 saying he will respect the four-year term for which he was elected, which ends on Jan. 14, 2024, until the results of the June 25 general election are yet to be made official. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Guatemala president says he won’t stay in power as courts continue to hold up election results

With tensions surrounding Guatemala’s June 25 election heightening, President Alejandro Giammattei has taken the unusual step of publishing an open letter saying he has no intention of staying in power beyond his term.

Electoral authorities review electoral records projected on a screen, on the third day of a review of electoral records, in Guatemala City, Thursday, July 6, 2023. The Constitutional Court ordered the investigation of alleged irregularities claimed by political parties that lost in the June 25th general election. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Review of Guatemala’s vote appears to largely uphold results from June 25 presidential election

An electoral official in Guatemala says a court-ordered review of the country’s June 25 presidential election that included a second look at dozens of precinct tally sheets appears to have upheld the original vote totals.

An electoral authority holds up an invalid ballot during a meeting with political party lawyers, in Guatemala City, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. The Constitutional Court ordered the investigation of alleged irregularities claimed by political parties that lost in the June 25th general elections. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Why a Guatemalan court’s decision to freeze presidential election results is stirring criticism

A week after Guatemala’s June 25 elections boosted a relative long-shot candidate into the final second round of voting, the country’s top court has frozen certification of the election results.

People gather outside the Constitutional Court where a session to examine the complaints of several political parties about irregularities in the June 25th general elections is underway, in Guatemala City, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala’s high court steps into election, suspends release of official results

Guatemala’s highest court has suspended the releasing of official results, granting a temporary injunction to 10 parties that challenged the results of the June 25 election.

Voters line up at a poling station during general elections in Sumpango, Guatemala, Sunday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala voters send 2 presidential candidates on opposite sides of political spectrum to a runoff

Guatemalans have sent two presidential candidates from opposite sides of the political spectrum to an Aug. 20 runoff, giving hope to many disenchanted voters that change may be possible.

Electoral workers count ballots after the polls closed during general elections in Guatemala City, Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)

Early vote count for Guatemala’s presidential election gives no indication of leaders

Electoral workers are slowly tallying ballots across Guatemala, and early counts are giving no indication of which two candidates from a huge field of presidential contenders will advance to a runoff.

FILE - Former first lady Sandra Torres, National Unity of Hope presidential candidate, is greeted by supporters during a campaign rally in Amatitlan, Guatemala, May 14, 2023. Guatemalans go to the polls on June 25. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Guatemala prepares to vote after a tumultuous presidential campaign

This has been one of the most turbulent election seasons in Guatemala’s modern history. Some of the most popular aspirants for Guatemala’s presidency have been sidelined and will not appear on the ballot in the June 25 election.

FILE - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks to the press at Mexico's National Palace after meeting with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in Mexico City, March 12, 2019. Candidates to be Guatemala's next president are taking a cue from Bukele and promising their voters they will build mega-prisons and hammer criminal gangs into submission. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Guatemala’s presidential hopefuls channel heavy-handed tactics of El Salvador’s leader

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Candidates to be Guatemala’s next president are taking a cue from the leader of neighboring El Salvador and promising their voters they will build mega-prisons and hammer criminal gangs into submission.

FILE - In this March 11, 2015 file photo, a copy of the front page of the newspaper EL PERIODICO de Guatemala, that reads in Spanish "Journalists killed" hangs on a main gate of the Presidential House during a protest demanding an investigation into the killing of two journalists and increased security for the profession in Guatemala City. A judge in Guatemala has ordered on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, that 9 local journalists of EL PERIODICO newspaper be investigated after the prosecutor’s office complained that recent publications against the judicial system could be considered a crime. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Judge orders investigation of Guatemalan journalists

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan judge ordered the investigation Tuesday of nine journalists from a newspaper whose president, a prominent government critic, has already been jailed on various charges since last year.

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris and Guatemala's Minister of Foreign Affairs Pedro Brolo wave at her arrival ceremony in Guatemala City, Sunday, June 6, 2021, at the Guatemalan Air Force Central Command. According to Lindsey Zuluaga, an aid to United States Vice President Kamala Harris, the Japanese Yazaki Corporation started on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, production of auto parts in Guatemala, a result of Harris´ promise to help create jobs in the Central American nation and keep Guatemalans from emigrating to the U.S. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Japanese company opens first auto parts plant in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Japanese company opened the first auto parts plant in Guatemala on Wednesday as part of an effort to boost the region’s economy and curb outmigration.

FILE - Guatemala's President Álvaro Colom addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters in New York, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. Former President Colom, who governed from 2008 to 2012 and supported a United Nations anticorruption mission that later investigated him, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, lawmakers from his party announced. He was 71. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Álvaro Colom, former president of Guatemala, dies at 71

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemala President Álvaro Colom, who governed from 2008 to 2012 and supported a United Nations anti-corruption mission that later investigated him, died Monday, lawmakers from his party announced.

FILE - Award-winning journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, who was arrested the day before, stands inside a cell after a court hearing, in Guatemala City, Saturday, July 30, 2022. Authorities in Guatemala on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, detained Mario Casteñeda, one of Zamora´s defense lawyers, accusing him of obstructing the police investigation against his client. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Lawyer for jailed Guatemalan news director is arrested

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan authorities arrested a lawyer representing the jailed director of an investigative newspaper Thursday and pursued a second lawyer for alleged obstruction of justice.

UN, EU blast weakening of Guatemala anti-corruption efforts

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The United Nations and the European Union have condemned attacks on prosecutors and the weakening of anti-corruption efforts in Guatemala.