![A demonstration against corruption outside the National Palace, Guatemala City, June 11, 2016 (AP photo by Moises Castillo).](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/l_guatemala_01052017_1.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
The governments of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador in Central America’s so-called Northern Triangle have been under considerable domestic and international pressure to address rampant corruption since high-ranking officials were exposed in 2015. How did they fare in 2016? Guatemala’s track record has been the best, thanks in large part to the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, or CICIG, which was created in 2006 by a joint agreement between the Guatemalan government and the United Nations. It has not only investigated and prosecuted sensitive cases, including the high-profile and bizarre killing of Rodrigo Rosenberg, who had arranged for his […]