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Guatemala’s Authoritarian Slide Under Giammattei Is Putting Biden in a Bind

Guatemala’s Authoritarian Slide Under Giammattei Is Putting Biden in a Bind
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei speaks to the 2022 International Religious Summit, in Washington, June 29, 2022 (AP photo by Evan Vucci).

Recent elections in Brazil and the U.S. may have reinforced the impression that democracy is alive and well in the Americas. But in Guatemala, where in the past few years a backlash against anti-corruption efforts has gathered steam, upcoming elections in 2023 are unlikely to reverse democracy’s downward slide.

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