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Several months into Castro's crackdown on gang extorsion, crime remains rampant in Honduras. This speaks to the broader trend in the region: Left and center-left governments rose to power promising change, but the issue remains unresolved.

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🇬🇹 Emocionado porque en DRCLAS @ Harvard vamos a tener un evento híbrido sobre Guatemala con tres panelistas que admiro un montón: Claudia Méndez A, Carlos Mendoza Alvarado 🌱 y Rachel Schwartz. Es el 19 de septiembre a las 12pm de Boston. Pueden registrarse por Zoom acá👇🏽

drclas.harvard.edu/event/guatemal…

My latest for the LA Times.

Can Guatemala’s president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo, keep his promises to curb corruption and enact reforms?

Yes, but he’ll have to overcome opposition from the judiciary, political class, and some big businesses.

Here’s how.

latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Nos vemos en la ciudad de Panamá del 13 al 15 de septiembre en la Ciudad del Saber para el X Congreso Centroamericano de Ciencias Políticas.

Consulta aquí el programa: redcacip.com/wp-content/upl…

Today's Foreign Policy LatAm Brief features Manuel Meléndez Sánchez 🇸🇻, who argues 🇬🇹's opposition victory carries lessons for other 'free but unfair' elections globally.

Plus, how a unique national vote over oil policy is affecting 🇪🇨's political conversation:

foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/25/gua…

Today's #LatAmAdvisor Q&A: What Will Arévalo’s Presidency Mean for Guatemala?

What factors fueled Arévalo’s landslide victory?

Ft. Dinorah Azpuru, James M. Meyer, Salvador Paiz, Stephen McFarland & Beatrice Rangel

thedialogue.org/analysis/what-…

Why will Guatemala's Bernardo Arévalo find it difficult to govern?

Lucas Perelló and I explained a few reasons in our latest piece.

1️⃣ Opposition-controlled congress likely to pass restrictive budget & pack in corrupt judges.

2️⃣ Criminal cases against Semilla still open...

🧵 Looking to stop an autocratic president? In Guatemala's presidential race, Arévalo perfectly executed a strategy that has been tried and tested across Latin America. Here's how, courtesy of Laura Gamboa, PhD. Now free. buff.ly/45JE8ON (1/2)

Laura Gamboa, PhD Now that you've won, what challenges lie ahead? Read @willgfreeman & Lucas Perelló on Guatemala's election and the challenges that face the president-elect. (2/2) buff.ly/45kP3i6

... la victoria de la oposición fue un sorprendente cambio de suerte para un país que, hasta hace poco, parecía estar en un camino de un solo sentido hacia la erosión democrática. ✍️ Lucas Perelló y Will Freeman #VotoAntisistema journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusi… vía Journal of Democracy

#efOpinión | Según Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez y Lucas Perelló, en las elecciones de #Guatemala , no sólo estaba en contienda una nueva presidencia, sino también 'formas distintas de hacer política e interpretaciones encontradas sobre lo que está en juego'.
elfaro.net/es/202308/colu…

💬 #efOpinión | 'Desde un inicio, Semilla se posicionó como una alternativa progresista conformada por movimientos de base al sistema político corrupto, clientelar y cada vez más antidemocrático de Guatemala'.

🖊 Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez y Lucas Perelló
elfaro.net/es/202308/colu…

Charlando sobre la segunda vuelta desde Proyecto Poporopo twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Watch my short explainer on Guatemala’s election for Council on Foreign Relations

m.youtube.com/shorts/RBk1Pau…

Hoy tenemos un Tan/Gente en vivo desde Proyecto Poporopo. Nos vemos por ahí.

journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusi…

>> Almost no one thought that an underdog political reformer could defeat Guatemala’s corrupt political machine, but Bernardo Arévalo did just that. Now comes the hard part. journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusi… by Will Freeman Lucas Perelló (via Journal of Democracy)