An Unprecedented Uprising Against Impunity in Guatemala
A broad-based movement against official corruption is rocking Guatemala to its core
Tens of thousands in Guatemala are fed up with corruption and seeking change.
Riot police stand guard as indigenous people protest for the release of protesters after they participated in demonstrations to demand the resignation of Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina in Guatemala City on June 13. JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images
A massive tax fraud scheme exposed in Guatemala this April might once have been viewed as business as usual in a country that has struggled with corruption at the highest levels for decades.
Instead, Guatemalans got angry.
For the first time in Guatemala's recent history, a broad cross section of society joined together in a unified call for the removal of corrupt officials.
