Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina resigned from office on Wednesday night, September 2, after the country’s Prosecutor’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest on charges related to a multi-million dollar corruption scandal. The day before, in a unanimous decision, Guatemala’s Congress voted to strip him of immunity from prosecution. The International Commission against Impunity (CICIG), a hybrid body established in 2007 with UN support, has led the investigative effort and lent great supp...
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