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On-going jailing of judges, lawyers and prosecutors by U.S. and Canadian-backed ‘Pacto de Corruptos’ (Covenant of Corrupt) regime in Guatemala
Grahame Russell Grahame Russell

On-going jailing of judges, lawyers and prosecutors by U.S. and Canadian-backed ‘Pacto de Corruptos’ (Covenant of Corrupt) regime in Guatemala

For the Guatemalan ‘pacto de corruptos’ regime, the legal system is a tool of repression to be used not only against land and environmental defenders, but also against judges, prosecutors and lawyers who working honestly on war crimes and organized crime investigations and trials, all of which implicate the economic, military and political elites that comprise the ‘pacto de corruptos’.

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Grahame Russell Grahame Russell

Hollow to the Core

Globe & Mail report about Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE)  

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Guatemalan covenant-of-the-corrupt crackdown on media
Grahame Russell Grahame Russell

Guatemalan covenant-of-the-corrupt crackdown on media

Below, an El Faro news article about legal persecution against journalists reporting on the situation of el Periodico publisher José Rubén Zamora, a political prisoner in jail since July 2022 on trumped up criminal charges (money laundering and obstruction of justice).

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Grahame Russell Grahame Russell

U.S. Pressuring Honduras to ‘Toe the Line’ and Rethink China Relations

The newly elected government of President Xiomara Castro continues to work to dig Honduras out of the deep hole of violence and poverty, corruption, organized crime and impunity left after 13 years of U.S., Canadian and western support for the drug-trafficking, military-backed regimes headed by Juan Orlando Hernandez.

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