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Guatemala’s Former President Detained After New President is Sworn In

(GUATEMALA CITY) — Guatemala’s newly sworn-in president demanded that all top government officials submit their resignations and promised an honest and inclusive administration following the surprise resignation earlier Thursday of President Otto Perez Molina amid a widening fraud investigation. President Alejandro Maldonado reached out to protesters who took to the streets against the country’s entrenched corruption, promising he would “leave a legacy of honesty” and restore faith in Guatemala’s democracy in his brief few months in office. “You can’t consider your work done,” Maldonado said in remarks aimed at all those demanding change.

 

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