The World Movement for Democracy and the Latin American Youth Network for Democracy (Juventud LAC) co-hosted a Crossover Initiative discussion titled “Working Across the Aisle in Government,” on October 28, 2021, featuring Hector Silva (El Salvador), Andrea Villagran (Guatemala), and moderated by Edipcia Dubón (Nicaragua). Drawing on her experience bringing her community’s voices to parliament,…
El Movimiento Mundial por la Democracia y la Red Latinoamericana de Jóvenes por la Democracia colaboran para traer una discusión el 28 de octubre a las 16:00 EDT “Trabajando a través del pasillo en el gobierno”, con Hector Silva de El Salvador, Andrea Villagrán de Guatemala y moderado por Edipcia Dubón de Nicaragua. Edipcia Dubón…
Guatemala’s Constitutional Court has overturned its previous ruling and will allow Decree 4-2020, the controversial NGO law that gives the executive branch the power to dissolve NGOs that it considers a ‘threat’ to public order, to become law. In early 2020, civil society and international organizations warned that Decree 4-2020 puts Guatemala’s civil society at risk of being arbitrarily disbanded…
Civil society advocacy groups such as the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) have raised alarm at a new law passed in Guatemala which imposes sweeping controls on NGOs and impinges their right to freedom of expression and association. The harsh regulations included in the law (Decree 4-2020) signed by President Alejandro Giammattei on February 27 puts…