This week thousands of people took to the streets of Guatemala to protest; not only that but they set the congress building on fire. Earlier that day President Alejandro Giammattei and the legislature made a budget that could cut off funding for education and healthcare. However, many believe this is due to the long term corruption in their government. Poverty and inequality rates are very high in Latin American countries and Guatemala is ranked in the top five currently. The vice president Guillermo Castillo has offered to step down for the better of the country and vetoed the bill. President Alejandro has not made any comments yet regarding the budget cuts or incidents regarding protests. Thousands of civilians are angry.
Kimberly Nunez
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/22/guatemala-protesters-set-congress-on-fire-during-budget-protests
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