Guatemala Crisis Deepens Over Bid to Expel Anti-Graft Chief
- Ministers and other cabinet members present resignations
- High court blocks president’s attempt to expel Velasquez
A protest against Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales in Guatemala City, on Aug. 26.
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Guatemala’s second political crisis in two years is deepening after the courts blocked President Jimmy Morales’s attempt to expel a UN-backed, anti-corruption chief. Senior cabinet ministers resigned amid street protests and an international backlash.
Marchers took to the streets for a third day Monday after Morales ordered the expulsion of Ivan Velasquez, just days after he said he was investigating the president for illegal campaign financing. The nation’s Constitutional Court overturned the presidential order on Sunday.