Amid rising violence against human rights defenders, Guatemalan activists are counting on an emboldened civil society to take on their next president.
Otto Pérez Molina started his rise to power during a U.S.-backed dirty war. The uprising against impunity that brought him down has been waiting in the wings ever since.
Guatemalans banded together to depose a corrupt administration with dark connections to human rights violations. But another election looms, and the candidates don’t inspire confidence.
A broad-based movement against official corruption is rocking Guatemala to its core.