Trump and Guatemalan President Must Confront Runaway Court
US Officials, Corrupt Magistrates Have Jimmy Morales under the Gun
US Officials, Corrupt Magistrates Have Jimmy Morales under the Gun
Guatemala’s recent presidential election was far from ordinary. It was shaped by a joint effort between the Barack Obama administration and the United Nations’ self-appointed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) to change the country’s governing structure.
From his prison cell, Otto Pérez Molina has played cry-baby by telling Russia Today — an odd bedfellow indeed — that the agent of his downfall was none other than the United States, up to its old tricks; and working in this case through the UN commission, the CICIG, a worthy partner in official corruption.