The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the General Elections in Guatemala, headed by former Foreign Minister of Paraguay Eladio Loizaga, began its deployment in the country on June 14th for the elections on Sunday, June 25th.
The OAS Mission made up of 90 experts and observers from 20 countries analyzed key aspects of the process such as electoral organization, technology and justice, electoral violence, political financing, the political participation of women, and the political participation of indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples.
During its work in the country, the Mission met electoral and government authorities, political leaders, and representatives of civil society and the international community to learn about the electoral process in the country. On election day Mission observed the elections in in the 24 Departmental Electoral Boards (Juntas Electorales Departamentales - JED), corresponding to Guatemala’s 22 departments, the Guatemala City Central District, and one polling station set up in Arlington, Virginia, in the United States of America.
This was twenty-first (21) time that the OAS has sent an electoral mission in Guatemala, and it was possible thanks to the financial contributions of Canada, Spain, the United States, Italy, the Netherlands, Panama, Peru, and Switzerland.
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PUBLIC STATEMENTS BY THE MISSION
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July 12, 2023 | PRESS RELEASE: Statement from the OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Guatemala
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July 8, 2023 | PRESS RELEASE: OAS Electoral Mission Observes the Conclusion of the Vote Count Verification Hearings in Guatemala
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July 3, 2023 | PRESS RELEASE: OAS Observation Mission deploys once more to Guatemala
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July 2, 2023 | PRESS RELEASE: OAS Electoral Observation Mission Expresses its Concern for the Extreme Judicialization of the Electoral Process in Guatemala
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June 30, 2023 | PRESS RELEASE: OAS Mission calls for respect for the will of the Guatemalan people as expressed in the elections
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June 27, 2023 | BACKGROUND: OAS Presents Recommendations for the Presidential Runoff Election in Guatemala and Announces It Will Observe the August Election
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June 20, 2023 | PRESS RELEASE: OAS Deploys Electoral Observation Mission in Guatemala
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May 10, 2023 | PRESS RELEASE: Chief of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Guatemala Concludes Preliminary Visit
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May 5, 2023 | PRESS RELEASE: OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Guatemala Begins Visit to the Country on Monday
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March 22, 2023
| PRESS RELEASE: OAS Secretariat for Strengthening Democracy Expresses Concern about Process of Registering Candidacies in Guatemala
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