; Whereas the runoff election, held on August 20, 2023, resulted in the people of Guatemala electing Arévalo as President with more than 60 percent of the popular vote; Whereas the election observation teams from the European Union and the Organization of American States, which were present at the invitation of the Government of Guatemala, reported that both rounds of the election were run professionally and efficiently and concluded that there was no basis for claims of fraud; Whereas Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal certified that the Presidential elections upheld national, regional, and international standards for a democratic election; Whereas, immediately following the election of Arévalo on August 20, 2023, Guatemala’s Public Ministry, led by Attorney General María Consuelo Porras Argueta, who is backed by the Constitutional Court and sanctioned by the United States Government for significant corrupt and undemocratic activities in abuse of her powers, initiated a series of efforts to overturn the electoral results and undermine President-elect Arévalo’s inauguration; Whereas the Guatemalan judicial system, particularly under Attorney General Porras, has engaged in the spurious and widespread prosecution of Indigenous advocates and authorities, such as those fighting against illegal and destructive resource extraction projects on Indigenous lands, amongst others fighting for reform and human rights; Whereas Indigenous leaders bravely stood up for their country by issuing legal challenges against the Public Ministry’s actions and contributing to marches despite increasingly arbitrary attacks by prosecutors seeking to derail the transition of power; Whereas these attacks motivated Mayan, Xinka, and Garifuna organizations to spearhead massive nationwide protests beginning in October 2023 that also mobilized Ladino organizations; Whereas these widespread demonstrations garnered global attention and pressure to adhere to the election results and intensified domestic calls for government reforms