Ten-pin bowling
United Nations-led investigations are toppling the country’s leaders
CORRUPTION scandals are two-a-penny in Latin America. But few have inflicted as much damage on an incumbent government as in Guatemala. In May the vice-president quit, the heads of the central bank and social-security institute were arrested and three ministers were sacked. Pressure is mounting on the president, Otto Pérez Molina, to resign even though he has not been accused of anything. He insists he will stay until his term ends in January. “We don’t really know what to do or what’s coming next,” says Eduardo Stein, who was vice-president from 2004 to 2008.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Ten-pin bowling”
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