Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy

On Wednesday 5 September Gustavo Porras got inaugurated as President of the Guatemalan Social Economic Council

The NIMD programme in Guatemala supports multiparty efforts to improve the functioning of political parties and institutions. In Guatemala, NIMD works with a field office.

On Wednesday 2 November the youngsters of the Permanent Forum of Political Parties (Foro Permanente de Partidos Políticos) and the leaders of the Supreme Electoral Tribune (Tribunal Supremo Electoral) organized an event together to stimulate voting and political participation amongst Guatemalan you

The presidential and parliamentary elections in Guatemala of 11 September 2011 have created the context for improvement of the political situation in the violence-ridden Central American country. This room for improvement is essential in order for Guatemala to grow towards a stable institutionalized

This fact-finding and policy review paper is a comparitive analysis about the impacts of organized crime, and specifically drugs related crime, on the Latin American political systems. The focus of the study is on Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia and Bolivia. The countries analysed in this study have di

Video clip about the NIMD programme in Guatemala with the local government and citizens of San Pedro, and featuring Guatemala's president Álvaro Colom.

Video clip about the NIMD programme in Guatemala with the local government and citizens of Sololá, and featuring Guatemala's president Álvaro Colom.

NIMD’s Latin America Regional Conference, held in Guatemala in May, focussed on recent changes in Latin American politics, and the challenges to democracy in the region. Is it time to reinvent Latin American democracy support?

Factsheet Guatemala offers concise NIMD programme information and political analysis on a single sheet.

In Guatemala NIMD supports multiparty efforts to improve the functioning of political institutions nationally and on the local level