Notice2025-05661
Certification Under Section 7045(B)(2)(A) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (Div. F, Pub. L. 118-47)
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April 2, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05661]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12691]
Certification Under Section 7045(B)(2)(A) of the Department of
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
2024 (Div. F, Pub. L. 118-47)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 7045(b)(2)(A) of
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Div. F, Pub. L. 118-47) (FY 2024 SFOAA), I
hereby certify that the central government of Guatemala is:
i. combating corruption and impunity, including investigating and
prosecuting government officials, military personnel, and police
officers credibly alleged to be corrupt, and improving strategies to
combat money laundering and other global financial crimes;
ii. implementing reforms, policies, and programs to strengthen the
rule of law, including increasing the transparency of public
institutions, strengthening the independence of judicial and electoral
institutions, and improving the transparency of political campaign and
political party financing;
iii. protecting the rights of human rights defenders, trade
unionists, journalists, civil society groups, opposition political
parties, and the independence of the media;
iv. providing effective and accountable law, enforcement and
security for its citizens, curtailing the role of the military in
public security, and upholding due process of law;
v. implementing programs to reduce violence against women and
girls;
vi. implementing policies to reduce poverty and promote economic
growth and opportunity, including the implementation of reforms to
strengthen educational systems, vocational training programs, and
programs for at-risk youth;
vii. cooperating with the United States to counter drug
trafficking, human trafficking and smuggling, and other transnational
crime;
viii. cooperating with the United States and other governments in
the region to facilitate the return, repatriation, and reintegration of
migrants;
ix. taking demonstrable actions to secure national borders and stem
mass migration, including by informing its citizens of the dangers of
the journey to the southwest border of the United States and advancing
efforts to combat crime and violence, build economic opportunity,
improve government services, and protect human rights; and
x. implementing policies that improve the environment for
businesses, including foreign businesses, to operate and invest,
including executing tax reform in a transparent manner, ensuring
effective legal mechanisms for reimbursements of tax refunds owed to
United States businesses, and resolving disputes involving the
confiscation of real property of United States entities.
This certification shall be published in the Federal Register and,
along with the accompanying Memorandum of Justification, shall be
reported to Congress.
Dated: March 25, 2025.
Marco Rubio,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-05661 Filed 4-1-25; 8:45 am]
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