El embajador que no fue

Daniel Haering and Xavier Soria connect the increasingly blatant corruption of the Trump administration with what is happening in Guatemala: a small group of businessmen has been operating a lobby in Washington, channeled through the husband of a close advisor to Marco Rubio, seeking to place a sympathetic ambassador, protect Consuelo Porras, and influence key appointments. The conversation explains who is really behind this operation, how they have inflated the results for their own backers, and why the ambassadorial nomination ultimately fell through when the nominee himself became a reputational risk. They also directly address the accusations that this same lobby, through República, has leveled against Tangente: that they are funded by international aid and are part of a lobbying operation in the United States. They dismantle these accusations with data, transparency, and without mincing words.