Guatemala: Threats to Free, Fair Elections

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal opened nominations for the 2023 general elections in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 20, 2023. © 2023 Josue Decavele/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (Washington, DC) - International scrutiny is essential to ensure Guatemalans’ rights to free and fair elections, Human Rights Watch and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), said today in releasing a joint question and answer document exploring the main challenges to human rights to the country’s electoral process. On January 20, 2023, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (Tribunal…

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