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Las autoridades indígenas de Guatemala lanzan la campaña Pasos firmes para frenar la criminalización
Las autoridades indígenas de Guatemala lanzaron la campaña Pasos Firmes: Caminos Abiertos para defender su función comunitaria frente a la criminalización estatal y los señalamientos discriminatorios que las vinculan con delitos por ejercer sus cargos.
La iniciativa, presentada en la ciudad de Guatemala, será difundida durante los próximos 30 días en redes sociales.
La campaña reúne a más de 200 estructuras de autoridades indígenas de todo el país. Entre ellas figuran los 48 Cantones de Totonicapán, la Municipalidad Indígena de Sololá, la Municipalidad Indígena de la Antigua Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán, la Alianza de Autoridades Indígenas Ajpop Tinamit Oxlajuj Imox, el Parlamento Xinka y la Alcaldía Indígena de Santa Cruz del Quiché.
También participan el Consejo de Autoridades Los Copones, la Red Educativa Departamental de Sololá y el Consorcio de Asociaciones de Santiago Atitlán. La información fue difundida por Prensa Comunitaria.
Las autoridades comunitarias intervienen en la defensa del territorio, en la atención de casos de violencia contra las mujeres y en conflictos locales, entre ellos las disputas por los mojones que delimitan las tierras.
Su tarea incluye la búsqueda de soluciones para problemas familiares, territoriales y económicos dentro de las comunidades.
Juan Carlos Queche, integrante de la Alianza Ajpop Tinamit Oxlajuj Imox, sostuvo que los mecanismos de criminalización contra los pueblos indígenas exceden la persecución judicial. Afirmó que el Estado también criminaliza cuando desconoce y no respeta los sistemas de vida indígenas.
“Cuando no se reconoce el sistema de vida de los pueblos indígenas, cuando no la reconoce, cuando no la respeta, es ahí cuando se da la criminalización, mediante el uso indebido del sistema penal y las otras instituciones del Estado”, dijo Queche.
El representante indígena denunció que las formas de organización de los pueblos originarios son desacreditadas mediante difamaciones, discriminación y estigmatización. “Para el sistema estatal, defender la vida y los derechos es un delito, es ahí cuando vemos a nuestras autoridades y nuestros procesos de criminalización”, enfatizó.
La justicia comunitaria y la elección en asamblea
La justicia de los pueblos indígenas se basa en procedimientos propios, diálogo, reconciliación y reparación, según Sebastiana Par, autoridad del pueblo Maya K’ich’e.
Su cercanía con las familias permite atender situaciones de violencia contra las mujeres, conflictos intrafamiliares, deudas, problemas de terrenos y asesinatos.
“Nuestro sistema tiene procedimientos, pasos, promovemos el diálogo, la reconciliación, la reparación más que el castigo”, aseguró Par. Para la autoridad Maya K’ich’e, el acceso a la justicia no se limita a la existencia de tribunales, sino que supone ser escuchados, respetados y comprendidos desde la historia de cada pueblo.
“El acceso va más allá de tribunales y ser escuchados, respetados, significa comprender nuestra historia. El acceso a la justicia, la justicia está relacionada con la historia y el derecho a la participación”, expresó.
Lázaro González, representante del Parlamento Xinka y originario del municipio de Alzatate, en Jalapa, explicó que una persona debe tener 18 años cumplidos y ser honorable para asumir una autoridad comunitaria encargada de administrar el territorio durante dos años.
Ese cargo constituye un servicio ad honorem, sin remuneración, para los habitantes de la comunidad. Sus funciones abarcan la solución de conflictos de tierras entre condueños y familias, mientras que el Ministerio Público y el juez de Paz no intervienen en las decisiones de la junta de principales.
En Alzatate, la oficina comunitaria atiende los jueves y domingos. La rendición de cuentas se realiza ante la asamblea una vez al año: el tesorero informa los ingresos y egresos del período y entrega una memoria anual de actividades.
“Las autoridades indígenas tienen legitimidad porque son electas en asamblea general y se nombra para esos puestos a personas honorables”, afirmó González.
El lanzamiento coincidió con el inicio de la audiencia de etapa intermedia del proceso contra Luis Pacheco, Basilio Puac, Héctor Chaclán y Esteban Toc. Pacheco, Puac y Chaclán integraron en 2023 la junta directiva de los 48 Cantones como presidente, vicepresidente y tesorero, mientras que Toc fue exvicealcalde de la Municipalidad Indígena de Sololá entre 2022 y 2023.
Durante ese período, convocaron junto con otras autoridades indígenas al Paro Nacional, que se extendió por 106 días. La movilización impidió que el Ministerio Público dirigido por Consuelo Porras anulara los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales de 2023, ganadas por Bernardo Arévalo y Karin Herrera.
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La presidente de Costa Rica, Laura Fernández Delgado, entregó al papa León XIV un vestido elaborado por costureras del país y una selección de cafés de distintas regiones durante la audiencia que mantuvo con el pontífice en el Vaticano.
La mandataria también lo invitó a visitar la Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, conocida en el país como la Negrita.
En la cadena nacional difundida este domingo, Fernández describió el encuentro como una instancia de cercanía con el jefe de la Iglesia católica. Según relató, la conversación abordó la posibilidad de un acuerdo entre la Santa Sede y Costa Rica, además de iniciativas vinculadas con la familia, los valores y la prosperidad.
“Tengo mi corazón rebosando de amor y de gratitud tras tener una audiencia con Su Santidad, el papa León XIV”, afirmó la presidente al inicio de su mensaje.
La mandataria indicó que uno de los obsequios tenía un significado particular por el trabajo colectivo detrás de su confección. “Esto que está aquí es muy especial.
El vestido que tiene puesto lo hicieron costureras de Costa Rica”, sostuvo Fernández al presentar la prenda.
El café de Tarrazú y otras zonas del país
La delegación costarricense también llevó al Vaticano café procedente de varias regiones productoras. Fernández destacó, entre otros, un café de Tarrazú, una de las zonas asociadas a la actividad cafetalera del país.
“Este café es de diferentes partes de Costa Rica. Este es de Tarrazú”, dijo la presidente, antes de señalar que la selección incluía granos de otros puntos del territorio nacional.
Los testimonios incluidos en la transmisión reflejaron la expectativa de personas relacionadas con la producción de café ante la llegada de los presentes al Vaticano. Una de las voces sostuvo que la oportunidad constituía “un gran honor” y “un gran privilegio”, mientras que otra remarcó que el hecho de que el producto quedara en manos del pontífice representaba “un orgullo” para los productores y sus familias.
“Para nosotros esa es una gran bendición”, expresó uno de los participantes de la cadena, que vinculó la entrega con el trabajo desarrollado por los caficultores costarricenses.
La emisión presentó los regalos como una muestra de la producción local y del trabajo de las costureras que participaron en la confección de la pieza entregada al Papa. Fernández no precisó cuántas personas intervinieron en la elaboración del vestido ni la cantidad y las variedades de café que formaron parte del obsequio.
La invitación al pontífice para visitar la Negrita de los Ángeles
Durante la audiencia, Fernández extendió una invitación formal a León XIV para que viajara a Costa Rica y visitara Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, patrona del país y figura central de la devoción católica costarricense.
“Por supuesto que lo invité a visitar a nuestra Negrita de los Ángeles y a bendecirnos con su presencia en nuestro país”, afirmó la mandataria.
La presidente también se refirió al mosaico de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles que se encuentra en el Vaticano. “Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles tiene su propio mosaico. Qué alegría y está bellísimo”, expresó en la transmisión.
Fernández aseguró que el pontífice envió bendiciones a la población costarricense. La cadena nacional mostró imágenes del encuentro y de la entrega de los obsequios, junto con intervenciones de productores que asociaron la audiencia con una oportunidad para exhibir el trabajo de distintas regiones de Costa Rica.
El posible acuerdo con la Santa Sede
Más allá de los presentes, la presidente informó que la reunión incluyó conversaciones sobre un eventual acuerdo institucional entre Costa Rica y la Santa Sede. No detalló el contenido, el alcance ni un cronograma para esa negociación.
La mandataria señaló que ambos dialogaron sobre la continuidad de acciones orientadas a fomentar los valores, la familia y la prosperidad en Costa Rica y en otros países.
La Casa Presidencial tampoco informó en la transmisión si la invitación al papa León XIV fue aceptada ni si existe una fecha tentativa para una visita apostólica al país.
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Pentagon’s top spies tasked with ‘no-fail’ mission as Hegseth puts foreign midterm meddling in crosshairs
Ever since the 2016 presidential election that first got President Donald Trump elected and the ensuing Russiagate scandal, there has been increased scrutiny on foreign meddling in U.S. elections and threats to the American voting system.
Now, 10 years later, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is directing his entire intelligence and spy forces to ensure foreign adversaries do not interfere in Tuesday’s midterms.
The Pentagon chief has ordered America’s military intelligence and cyber agencies to mobilize against foreign threats to the 2026 elections by directing his department’s sprawling intelligence apparatus to make election security a priority in what he calls a «no-fail mission.»
The September directive reaches beyond U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, instructing the entire Defense Intelligence Enterprise — including agencies responsible for military and geospatial intelligence — to «mobilize every authorized asset, capability, and partnership» against foreign election threats.
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The order puts some of the military’s most sophisticated intelligence capabilities behind a mission that has grown considerably since Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. But with Americans preparing to vote, the extent to which Hegseth’s directive has changed the Pentagon’s existing election-security operations remains unclear.
The Department of War declined to provide Digital with additional details about how the order is being implemented. Cyber Command separately declined an interview request about its election-security efforts.
In practice, the directive can mean military intelligence agencies are tasked with identifying foreign hackers or influence operations overseas, warning civilian agencies about threats headed toward U.S. targets and, when authorized, Cyber Command taking action against the foreign actors or infrastructure behind them.
The military’s role largely stops at the U.S. border: state and local officials run elections, while agencies such as the FBI and Department of Homeland Security handle the domestic side.
The Pentagon’s election security mission is not new. Cyber Command and NSA have spent years tracking and disrupting foreign threats around American elections, including operations targeting Russian actors during previous election cycles.
The effort began taking its current shape ahead of the 2018 midterms, when the agencies formed a «Russia Small Group» focused on foreign interference. It later evolved into a joint Election Security Group, combining NSA’s intelligence-gathering capabilities with Cyber Command’s ability to conduct operations against foreign cyber threats.
By 2022, then-Cyber Command and NSA chief Gen. Paul Nakasone was describing election security as an «enduring, no-fail mission» — language echoed by Hegseth four years later.
«Rest assured, we were doing operations well before the midterms began, and we were doing operations likely on the day of the midterms,» Nakasone said after the 2022 election, describing the military’s role as «understanding your foreign adversaries and operating outside the United States.»
The agencies again established an Election Security Group for the 2024 presidential election, but whether that structure was recreated for this year’s midterms has been less clear.
Gen. Joshua Rudd, the current head of Cyber Command and NSA, told lawmakers in April that foreign interference was «reasonable to expect based on what we’ve seen in the past» and said his command was «postured and ready to support as required or tasked.» He said at the time that he was unsure whether the Election Security Group had been reconvened.
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Five months later, Hegseth issued his department-wide directive, addressed not only to Cyber Command and NSA but also to the directors of the Defense Intelligence Agency and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
The order instructs military intelligence agencies to collect and analyze intelligence on foreign election threats while directing Cyber Command to use its existing authorities and capabilities to counter potential foreign cyber activity in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security.
It does not publicly grant new authorities or establish a new election-security organization, instead reinforcing a mission the military has increasingly treated as an enduring responsibility.
U.S. intelligence officials, meanwhile, say they have seen no evidence that a foreign adversary has attempted to interfere with voting machines, physical election infrastructure or the counting of votes ahead of Tuesday’s midterms.
Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said last week that intelligence officials continue to see nothing contradicting that assessment, but urged Americans to remain «on high alert» for foreign disinformation, particularly as artificial intelligence makes such campaigns easier to spread.
But officials continue to track foreign influence efforts from Russia, China and Iran, with Russia remaining the most active foreign influence threat, CNN reported Sunday.
U.S. elections are attractive targets for foreign adversaries because the stakes extend far beyond who wins office: influencing American voters or undermining confidence in the process can shape U.S. policy, weaken public support for policies they oppose and deepen divisions without ever touching a voting machine.
Lawmakers briefed on classified intelligence last month said Russia was using disinformation to target candidates and undermine confidence in the election, while China’s influence efforts were more narrowly focused on candidates viewed as hostile to Beijing.
The Pentagon’s role focuses on threats originating overseas, while state and local officials administer elections and civilian federal agencies lead domestic election-security efforts.
Hegseth’s directive makes that overseas mission a priority across the broader military intelligence enterprise, though the Pentagon has not disclosed whether it has resulted in additional personnel, resources or organizational changes ahead of Election Day.
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Poland’s constitutional crisis deepens as Prime Minister Tusk faces accusations of power grab
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Friday’s late-night confrontation at Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, which drew riot police and protesters and prompted President Karol Nawrocki to turn his plane around and return to Warsaw, has reignited a bitter debate over whether Prime Minister Donald Tusk is restoring the rule of law or overstepping constitutional limits.
The dispute erupted after the tribunal announced the suspension of its president, Bogdan Święczkowski, a move that supporters of Tusk’s government described as necessary to restore judicial independence, while critics denounced it as an unconstitutional power grab.
Marcin Przydacz, the head of the International Policy Bureau in Nawrocki’s office, took to European TV Monday morning denouncing Tusk’s actions, saying, «Even lawyers who are close to the Tusk government say that there’s absolutely no legal basis for such behavior.»
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Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister, during the Polish Army Parade in Warsaw on Aug. 15, 2025. (Damian Lemanski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The dispute is also triggering diplomatic fallout, with at least three Polish ambassadors resigning in protest. Przydacz, a former parliament member of the now-opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, says Poland’s permanent representative to the U.N. since 2021, Krzysztof Szczerski, resigned Monday, which followed the resignations over the weekend of the ambassadors to China and Romania.
«This crisis didn’t begin on Friday,» said Simone Rodan‑Benzaquen, senior envoy to Europe at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. «Poland has been living with a deeply compromised Constitutional Tribunal for more than a decade.»
Rodan-Benzaquen said the confrontation cannot be understood in isolation. Parliament has continued appointing judges under Poland’s constitution, but several of those appointments have been blocked from taking office amid a years-long standoff between the government, the presidency and the tribunal itself.
Presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian backed by the right-wing Law and Justice party, second right, greets supporters at his headquarters after the presidential election runoff in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
«This isn’t simply a case of Tusk deciding to pack a functioning, independent court ahead of an election,» Rodan-Benzaquen tells Fox News Digital. «There is a genuine institutional crisis that predates his government, and a legitimate question of how to resolve it.»
That underlying conflict exploded into public view Friday after Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska suspended Święczkowski and his deputy, triggering protests outside the tribunal and prompting Nawrocki to abandon a trip to Senegal. Police detained three people after some demonstrators clashed with officers outside the court complex.
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Rodan-Benzaquen cautioned that concerns about Friday’s actions are not limited to supporters of the opposition, saying they «raise serious questions about the legality and proportionality of the methods being used.»
Critics of the government have described Friday’s events as an unprecedented assault on Poland’s constitutional order. «My former boss, Margaret Thatcher, would have been absolutely appalled by what we’re witnessing in Poland,» Nile Gardner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation told Fox News Digital. «This is clearly a crisis for Poland and an attempted coup by Donald Tusk.»
«This has all the hallmarks of a Soviet-style coup operation,» added Gardner, who said Tusk waited until Nawrocki was traveling out of the country, accusing the prime minister of undermining the tribunal and further destabilizing Poland ahead of next year’s election. «It’s the sort of thing you’d expect actually from a third world dictator.»
Protesters gather outside the headquarters of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw after police blocked access to the court building on Oct. 30, 2026 (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images)
Others reject the coup characterization. Boštjan Udovič, chair of international relations at the University of Ljubljana, says the dispute centers on the government’s attempt to restore judicial arrangements that critics of the previous PiS government say were inconsistent with both Poland’s constitution and European legal standards.
«Tusk wants to restore the situation as required by the constitution and the international institutions,» Udovič said. «I think that he hoped the transition would be easier.»
Tusk defended his government’s actions as part of an effort to restore the rule of law, accusing both the president and the tribunal of improperly blocking judges elected by parliament from taking office. «The solution to the conflict is simple,» he said on Monday. «The president recognizes the judges legally elected by [parliament], because that is what the Constitution stipulates.» He accused Nawrocki of «choosing forceful confrontation, which could cost Poland very dearly. A democratic state under the rule of law cannot yield to violence.»
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«Restoring the rule of law is essential,» Rodan-Benzaquen says, warning against viewing the dispute purely through a partisan lens. «But the legitimacy of that restoration depends not only on its objectives, but also on the legality of the means used to achieve it.»
The divide in Poland has increasingly been reflected abroad, with European institutions and political leaders offering sharply different interpretations of the crisis.
Protesters rally outside Poland’s top court as tensions between President Karol Nawrocki and Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government intensify. (AP)
The European Commission has largely backed the Polish parliament’s authority to appoint judges. European Commissioner Michael McGrath said selecting new judges lies within the powers of Poland’s parliament.
French opposition leader Marine Le Pen, meanwhile, accused Brussels of applying a double standard. «One cannot claim to defend democracy and the rule of law while remaining silent when the constitutional balance of a member state is gravely threatened,» she posted on X. «The proliferation of such strong-arm tactics within the European Union itself is beginning to raise serious questions.»
«America is on Poland’s side,» U.S. Ambassador to Poland Tom Rose posted to X, urging restraint. «Our concern is for the stability, security, and democratic future of a country we are proud to call our friend and ally… Poland has come too far and accomplished too much to let political differences, no matter how strongly felt, put any of that at risk.»
Police were deployed outside the Constitutional Tribunal after Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, elected by the Parlament in March 2026, issued an order suspending Tribunal President Bogdan Swieczkowski and Vice President Bartlomiej Sochanski from their duties for one month. (Kai Taller/Arena Akcji/Sipa USA)
For Rodan-Benzaquen, the larger issue extends far beyond the events of Friday night. «One side claims to be defending constitutional order against the abuses of the other, while the institutions that should arbitrate the dispute have themselves become the object of the dispute,» she said.
With parliamentary elections in Poland only a year away, the battle over who gets to define the rule of law may prove more consequential than the confrontation that unfolded this weekend.
Calling Tusk’s tactics «straight out of the Putin playbook,» Gardner warns Poland is in «an incredibly dangerous situation right now, and the blame is squarely at the door of Donald Tusk and his government.»
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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