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Protestors flooded the streets of Guatemala in recent days after congress approved a budget for 2021 that slashed the judiciary budget by half while increasing funding for government departments accused of misappropriating public funds, among other controversial measures.

On November 17, a majority of congress, aligned with the government of President Alejandro Giammattei, approved a budget of 99.7 billion quetzales (about $12.8 billion). The session of congress was held early in the morning with little prior consultation.

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Join us next week, on Thursday, December 3, as InSight Crime and Universidad del Rosario hold our annual conference where academics, journalists, civil society leaders, and law enforcement officials will convene (virtually) to explore the ways organized crime has adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic, how wildlife trafficking and other environmental crimes soared, and how Venezuela’s underworld grew more complex, as a growing political-criminal nexus cemented control, while the country’s gangs continued to expand internationally.
 

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