Guatemala: Now What?

I have an analysis of Guatemala's recent election up at Warscapes with Guatemala: Now What?

The Guatemalan government will continue to confront serious challenges in establishing the rule of law and improving the day-to-day lives of millions of its citizens. However, the instability brought on by criminal investigations undertaken by the attorney general’s office and CICIG that led to the resignations and arrests of the former president and vice president and the sustained mobilization of the people against corruption and politics as usual have kicked open the door to a potentially more just future. However, they will have to achieve convictions in open corruption cases and continue to pressure their elected officials to take democracy seriously over the next four years as it is not clear that the president, or those recently elected to congress, will do so on their own.

A little instability might just be what Guatemala needs.