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Guatemala restores Guatecompras supplier-search function after transparency criticism

From La Hora · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Official statement Outcome reported
  • Guatemala’s Finance Ministry restored the “Search for a supplier” function on the Guatecompras public procurement portal.
  • The function returned immediately with the scope it had before July 21, 2026, after criticism and calls for greater transparency.

Guatemala’s Finance Ministry has restored the “Search for a supplier” function on the Guatecompras portal, reversing a change that had limited the tool’s previous scope.

The ministry announced the restoration on Tuesday, saying it took effect immediately. The function now operates as it did before July 21, 2026.

The decision came after criticism and demands for greater transparency. The ministry formalized the move in an official statement, according to La Hora.

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Originally published by La Hora in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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