© Reuters. Guatemala’s President Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla, addresses a ministerial stage assembly of the United Nations Safety Council on the disaster in Ukraine at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/ File Photograph
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala’s outgoing President Alejandro Giammattei on Tuesday rejected what he described as “intimidating actions” that undercut nationwide sovereignty, a day after the U.S. authorities introduced new visa restrictions on 300 Guatemalan nationals.
On Monday, the U.S. authorities introduced measures to punish what it has described as anti-democratic strikes by officers, together with Guatemala’s high prosecutor, that search to annul the election gained decisively by President-elect Bernardo Arevalo almost 4 months in the past.
In an announcement, Giammattei denounced “media and political manipulation” by some members of the U.S. authorities directed towards Guatemala, however didn’t single out any officers.
He additionally reiterated his pledge for an orderly transition of energy with the presidential inauguration scheduled for January.
The newest measures imposed by Washington embody visa restrictions on almost 300 Guatemalan nationals, together with 100 lawmakers out of the 160-member unicameral Congress, accused of undermining democracy in Central America’s most populous nation.
The journey restrictions additionally goal some non-public sector representatives and their relations.
