The Flowers for Democracy parade marched through the streets of Guatemala

Social and student organizations and unions expressed that power is taken with a unified struggle, it is an opportunity for the country to prosper, as we are guardians of the dignity of the state.

And a week before the date of the presidential poll, they urged us to defend the vote of the citizens and to propose and impose the interests of the majority, because “if they steal democracy from us, they will not return it to us,” as they emphasized in the words. .

Indigenous authorities, animal protection and interfaith organizations considered the possibility of change with more democratic dynamics as a step forward seeking to change the national reality.

In this week’s appeal, they recalled the era of the democratic spring that was abruptly interrupted by the US government-funded counter-revolution.

They pointed out that this meant incalculable stagnation and the impossibility of overcoming the slavery relations in which the vast majority of Guatemalans were immersed.

The name of the demonstration arose from the dark and gray context where criminal structures do not want to give up power, as revealed on the eve of the call on Sunday, July 23, Alida Vicente, from the Indigenous Mayor’s Office of Palen, Escuintla Province. .

The march started this time from the Botanical Garden of the University of San Carlos, where they stopped several times, one of them in front of the Supreme Court of Justice, until they reached the Plaza de la Constitución.

In defense of popular sovereignty, representatives of the group of social organizations called “National Convergence in Resistance” and “Journalists for Democracy” also participated.

The Public Prosecution office raided the headquarters of the Supreme Court for Elections here several times, the headquarters of the Sayed movement, and the ongoing investigations, which were described as serious, continue.

Despite the obstacles, Bernardo Arevalo, for the aforementioned party, continues his campaign, which focuses on convincing the largest number of voters with his progressive proposals.

She will face former first lady Sandra Torres of the National Unity of Hope, who reaches this stage for the third time in a row, in previous seasons losing to Jimmy Morales in 2015 and Alejandro Giamatti in 2019.

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