Guatemala is in bad shape - even by the historic terrible conditions in Guatemala, things are bad. Poverty, covid, and a hurricane have all slammed into each other, with poor and indigenous people caught in the crossfire.

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But then Congress acted: they slashed human rights programs, judicial funding, and anti-malnutrition programs....and gave themselves a raise.

After public outrage, they reversed this, but it was too late.

aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/2…

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The country is literally on fire, with protesters setting the Congressional building ablaze and erecting a guillotine on its steps.

Protesters have gone from demanding a change to the budget bill to demanding the resignation of the entire Congress and the president.

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President Alejandro Giammattei has addressed these concerns...

...by publicly condemning vandalism.

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