"We are living a democratic celebration in Guatemala where the working class from all over the country, peasant workers, urban workers, indigenous workers, women are taking to the streets to demand democracy and social justice."
"We ask for the accompaniment of the international community. We do not want an international community that is an accomplice of a dictatorship. We want an international community that moves from rhetoric to practice."
"We understand that the government is currently using the Democratic Charter as an instrument to repress the people. But these peaceful demonstrations are not going to be silenced by this dictatorship."
"The people are fighting for bread, they are fighting for health, they are fighting for education, and we are not going to stop until we have a country with a minimum of dignity."
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1/ EXCLUSIVE - PART II: Live from Guatemala with @MSICG:
"On Saturday, an important social movement arose in the country... driven by the workers, by the students, by the population who come together in the square to demand justice."
2/ EXCLUSIVE - PART II: Live from Guatemala with @MSICG:
"They come together in the face of state policies that respond solely and exclusively to the business sector of the country. In the face of a state that has not taken measures to prevent the death of the population."
3/ EXCLUSIVE - PART II: Live from Guatemala with @MSICG:
"Guatemala has gone from a formal democracy to a full-blown dictatorship. And it is very important that the international community is clear about what we are living in the country. This is no longer a democratic regime."
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