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TV comic and political neophyte Jimmy Morales was being inaugurated as Guatemala’s next leader on Thursday
Prosecutors on Wednesday announced the arrest of more than a dozen former military and government officials for alleged crimes against humanity committed during Guatemala’s civil war, and initiated human rights proceedings against an ally of President-elect Jimmy Morales.
The results of recent elections in Latin America raise key questions for the United States and the region at large.
Now that former comedian Jimmy Morales has ridden a tide of voter frustration to win Guatemala’s presidency, it remained unclear Monday about what political neophyte might do once in office.
Popular discontent has been simmering away in parts of Central America for some time, and now it’s finally boiling over.
