When anti-corruption candidate Bernardo Arévalo won Guatemala’s presidency in August, his urban supporters took to the streets in celebration. Two months later, they are still there, not in celebration but in protest against challenges to Arévalo’s election led by the country’s attorney general. This month, the protests went national when Indigenous authorities called a strike demanding the attorney general’s resignation. The participation of Guatemala’s marginalized Indigenous peoples in nationwide protests holds both peril and promise. Instability in the impoverished rural hinterland could send additional waves of migrants toward the U.S. border. But the Indigenous population’s defense of elections could also prove a watershed moment for Guatemalan democracy.
Victor Gomez, a spokesman for the volunteer firemen in Malacatan, said it was unclear whether the victims were protestors or just regular people near the protest
Today will be the eleventh day of protests in Guatemala. Since the elections, the country has faced strong polarization over their legitimacy. Today, protesters defend their vote and ask for the prosecutor s resignation.