What the records say
- When
- 1 Jan 2016
- Kind
- Protest
- Coordinates
- 15.50° N, 90.25° W
- Description
- series of protests against the Guatemalan government of Otto Pérez Molina due to a corruption scandal in 2015.
- Cause
- La Linea corruption case
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
2015 Guatemalan protests
The 2015 Guatemala protests were a series of demonstrations against the government of Otto Pérez Molina in which he was involved in a scandal and political corruption that led to his resignation in the same year. These mass protests, nonviolent protests, bloodless disturbances, political crisis and peaceful uprising in war-scarred Guatemala led by hundreds of thousands.
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