English
1 Jan 2004
Political finance is not a new discipline, especially in western democracies. The United States has been addressing the regulation of campaigns since 1867. As political finance systems developed over the last century in established democracies, there were new laws, regulatory bodies, and court interpretations.
1 Jan 2004
As in most Latin American countries,
the funding of political activities has only recently become a matter
of serious concern
in Guatemala. This paper summarily describes the current state of the
Guatemalan political finance laws, their situation vis-à-vis the
regulation of political finance in the rest of Central America and beyond,