Arévalo, One Year On: Is Guatemala’s President Losing the Fight Against Corruption?
Inside a tumultuous year for Guatemala’s anti-graft administration
One year ago, anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as president of Guatemala.
Elected on a promise to revive Guatemala’s perpetual battle with graft, Arévalo has spent his first year in power battling to advance his anti-corruption agenda in a country where corruption is the norm. Today, all the main branches of government remain compromised, and the administration is yet to articulate a coherent plan for tackling corruption or enacting meaningful reforms. Meanwhile, Arévalo and his allies have been relentlessly attacked by political mafias determined to sink the government.
Is Guatemala’s anti-corruption president losing the fight against corruption?
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The PDF Report
Read InSight Crime’s full report on the many dilemmas facing Arévalo’s anti-corruption agenda, including an in-depth exploration of how state-embedded political mafias are conspiring to derail meaningful reform.
Case Studies
Explore InSight Crime’s cases studies on how entrenched corruption has scuppered Arévalo’s anti-graft plans across the main branches of government.
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Credits:
Written by: Alex Papadovassilakis
Investigation: Alex Papadovassilakis, Jody García, Cindy Espina
Edited by: Steven Dudley
Additional reporting and fact-checking: Sam Woolston
Translated by: Jody García and Martín Franco
Creative direction: Elisa Roldán Restrepo
Graphics: Ana Isabel Rico, Juan José Restrepo, María Isabel Gaviria
PDF layout: Ana Isabel Rico
Social Media: Camila Aristizábal, Paula Rojas, Sam Woolston
