Person of Interest
From the ground up
Iván Velásquez is a soft-spoken Colombian judge who has spent his entire career taking on presidents. In this podcast, we track his long career from Colombia to Guatemala, prosecuting some of the most powerful politicians in the region.
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EP04 · The Presidents’ Judge
If you ever met the Colombian judge Ivan Velasquez, you would not think he is the giant-slayer that he is.
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InSight Crime Podcast: The Good Student
In this week’s podcast, we finish our series on illegal campaign financing in Guatemala, focusing on current President Jimmy Morales.
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InSight Crime Podcast: The ‘Car Thief’
In our podcast this week, we return to Guatemala for the second of three stories on illicit campaign financing in that country to discuss Juan Carlos Monzón, the former private secretary of Guatemala’s ex-Vice President Roxana Baldetti.
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InSight Crime Podcast: Guatemala’s Political Fixer
In our inaugural podcast, we look at Guatemala’s putrid campaign finance system through the story of Obdulio Solórzano, a political fixer for the UNE party who was assassinated in 2010, after helping Álvaro Colom reached the presidency.
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