"The re-nomination of AG Porras today deeply undermines confidence in Guatemala’s commitment to combatting corruption & strengthening the rule of law. As part of a broad USG effort, Department of State designates Porras as a corrupt actor under 7031c." -TDR #UnitedagainstCorruption

Periodistas y escritores de la región como Francisco Goldman y Sergio Ramírez lanzan una mirada sobre la captura de las instituciones democráticas, los pactos del sector privado y el papel del Big Brother del norte en este retroceso.🚨 Por Bill Barreto ✍🏼. no-ficcion.com/project/autori…

🇬🇹The right to justice is far from guaranteed in Guatemala, where elites have co-opted the justice system to advance their own unjust interests. 📢Learn about the consequences and see possible solutions in this new reports series. wola.org/analysis/when-…

🇬🇹The backsliding of the rule of law in #Guatemala is dramatic & alarming 🚨We call on the U.S. Congress to exert diplomatic, financial, & legal pressure to protect human rights 🔗Read our new reports to learn more wola.org/analysis/guate…

#URGENTELH El Ministerio Público pide la pena de 30 años de prisión para el expresidente Otto Pérez Molina y la exvicepresidenta Roxana Baldetti.

In this week’s In-Depth, Jeff Hallock unpacks the unprecedented number of cost-of-living protests this year, and what we can take away from it: worldpoliticsreview.com/global-inflati…

Northern Triangle: DOD and State Need Improved Policies to Address Equipment Misuse gao.gov/products/gao-2…

I predict a riot. Not even after the 2008 financial crisis did the world see as many #protests over #food and #fuel prices as it did last year. This time around #Europe is a hotspot. Me for POLITICOEurope Naomi Hossain Jeff Hallock Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung | New York Carnegie Endowment Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Listen Now: LaborLinkPodcast.org Labor Link Podcast, Season 2, Episode 3 Organizing Migrant Fishers: From Cambodia to Thailand An interview with Dy TheHoya from the Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL) in Cambodia

This #opengovweek, a reminder that open government applies to development aid too. Our new microsite shares work in progress analyzing open US government data to examine USAID’s progress towards targets for locally-led development. bit.ly/3wIRAqn

Folks often forgot that access to quality education is hard-won and civil society is on the (risky) front line. Naomi Hossain, Felipe Hevia and I have written a new blog for the Global Partnership for Education, informed by our work at the ARC - also @arc-au.bsky.social on the Education Out Loud program.

After interviews with reformers across Yerevan, we argue that Armenia has an opportunity to cement its democratic trajectory through a recommitment to the anti-corruption reforms at the foundation of the revolution globalanticorruptionblog.com/2024/06/21/gue… via Anticorruption Blog

Presidents prosecuted for "official actions" in Latin America who, under the new standards imposed by SCOTUS today, might be immune: - Alberto Fujimori - Efraín Ríos Montt, Otto Pérez Molina, Alfonso Portillo - Jorge Rafael Videla - Ricardo Martinelli - Juan Orlando Hernández

Read Nini Gabrichidze's Dispatch: on football #EURO2024 and why Georgia's many wounds may heal by simply being seen. civil.ge/?p=615179

🇸🇻"Bukele is not a man of the Right. Nor was he ever of the Left," writes El Faro's editorial board. "He is a politician without ideology, with a compass moved only by the political headwinds. He is nothing more than an opportunist." elfaro.net/en/202407/opin…

New article: patterns of #localization in USAID's Colombia program. Jonathan Fox & Jeff Hallock discuss the strengths & limitations of public disclosure of data on US aid & analyze open data on funding priorities & direct local funding levels doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12…

Teachers implement edu policy. However, teachers' unions are often excluded from formal policy forums. As part of ARC - also @arc-au.bsky.social's Learning Partnership w/ Education Out Loud, Section 75 and I met with unions in Zimbabwe to learn how they influence policy. bit.ly/3NenAY4