US EditionGuatemalan Attorney General Sanctioned Internationally Loses Bid for Third Term
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Guatemalan attorney general sanctioned internationally loses bid for third term
GUATEMALA CITY, April 21 - Guatemalan Attorney General Consuelo Porras, a leading adversary of President Bernardo Arevalo who has faced international sanctions, is set to step down next month after losing her re-election bid. Read more at straitstimes.com.
In the capital of Guatemala, the Attorney General Consuelo Porras, sanctioned by Washington and the European Union for allegations of corruption and anti-democratic conduct, was excluded from the process for a third term, marking a turning point in the country’s judicial policy. Who is Consuelo Porras? Porras, 72 years old, has held office since 2018 after being appointed during the governments of Jimmy Morales and Alejandro Giammattei. During h…
The president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, has scored a political triumph this Monday after the current attorney general and main opponent of the government, Consuelo Porras, lost his battle for re-election in Guatemala. Porras will have to hand over the post next month, after being off the list of finalists who seek to preside over the Public Prosecutor's Office for the period 2026-2030.
Guatemala City. Guatemala’s attorney general, Consuelo Porras, who has more than 40 international sanctions for attacks on democracy, will not be able to be re-elected in office in May, after losing a crucial vote. Porras was sanctioned by the United States and the European Union for considering it corrupt and anti-democratic. Porras’ departure from the Office of the Prosecutor is considered key by local and international activists and jurists t…
A nomination commission defined on Monday in Guatemala the six final candidates to occupy the post of Attorney General and Chief of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (Fiscalía) for the period 2026-2030, replacing Consuelo Porras Argueta, who was left out of the list and therefore cannot be re-elected. The entry The Attorney General of Guatemala, marked for corruption, is ruled out for re-election was first published in Proceso Digital.
The Postulation Commission for the election of Attorney General and Chief Public Prosecutor advanced in the integration of the list of candidates that will be sent to President Bernardo Arévalo. During this Monday’s session, the commissioners have chosen five candidates on the payroll, after the voting rounds carried out as part of the process. In the first round, only lawyer Beyla Estrada was included, after which the commission declared a rece…
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