; Whereas the Guatemalan state is not in compliance with its own international and domestic obligations for receiving prior, informed consent of affected populations on matters involving projects and investments in Indigenous territories; Whereas the ongoing struggle to survive has led many Indigenous people to consider irregular migration as an alternative, resulting in the high percentage of unaccompanied Guatemalan children and migrants in the United States who identify as Indigenous; Whereas in the face of persistent inequity and mistreatment, Guatemala’s Indigenous communities have shown remarkable resilience, strength, and resolve to create better conditions and a more promising future; Whereas, despite the Government and private sector’s neglect, underinvestment, and discrimination against Guatemala’s Indigenous peoples and their organizations, Indigenous communities have a long history of advocating for their rights and justice by mobilizing against government corruption and the rollback of human rights, fighting to defend Indigenous lands, resources, and territories at the risk of being arrested for doing so, and lodging complaints about the exclusion of Indigenous people from COVID–19 treatment; Whereas this powerful legacy of activism was pivotal in defending democracy in Guatemala during the 2023 Presidential elections and transfer of power; Whereas general elections were held in Guatemala on June 25, 2023, resulting in a runoff election between the two Presidential candidates receiving the most votes, then-Congressman Bernardo Arévalo of the Movimiento Semilla party (Semilla) and Sandra Torres, a former First Lady representing the Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza Party; 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