President Jimmy Morales has named María Consuelo Porras de Argueta as Guatemala’s new attorney general (AG) for a four-year term. Her appointment attracted particular attention given long-running tensions between President Morales and the outgoing AG Thelma Aldana, together with the United Nations-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig). This stems from ongoing doubts over the commitment on the part of the Frente de Convergencia Nacional (FCN-Nación) government to anti-corruption efforts.End of preview - This article contains approximately 724 words.
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