We just spotted the following Westminster Hall debate on the Inter-Parliamentary Union and a mention of Guatemala:

Photo of Christine Russell Christine Russell (PPS (Rt Hon Beverley Hughes, Minister of State), Department for Children, Schools and Families, Chester, City of, Labour) | Hansard source

"My first involvement in an IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union) activity was back in 1998, I think, when, as a new girl, I took part in a delegation to Guatemala, which was only just emerging from many years of civil war. The delegation was concerned that it would have to ask probing questions—sensitively—about continuing human rights abuses, which it did. We met some very brave politicians, not in formal meetings but by allowing them entry through the back door of our hotel at 6 am so that we could hear first hand about the abuses still being perpetrated on parliamentarians.

My hon. Friend the Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn) made a very important point: when we return from such outward delegations, we have a responsibility to stay in touch and follow them up. In fact, I am still in touch with one of those brave female politicians whom I met 10 years ago. I recently sent her a dossier on the improvements to our legislation on domestic violence."

Jeremy Corbyn MP describes the origin of the IPU (early in the same debate) as: "When the IPU was founded in the period of the 19th century when the idea of holding unaccountable executives to account was fairly new. The idea of a strong Parliament did not really develop anywhere in the world until well into the 19th century, and one must say that those who founded the IPU were visionaries in many ways. It was initially small, because most of the world was made up of colonies of European nations. It started in European nations and has been an important element in promoting democracy and accountable government in Europe. It has been a huge influence in the anti-colonial movement around the world and in a whole lot of things that were spawned from that. We would do well to record our thanks for what the people involved did."