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Surviving crisis: UN campaign to fight corruption in Guatemala has global implications

  • Written by John Ciorciari, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Massive protests recently broke out in Guatemala as the nation teetered on the edge of a major political crisis.

Guatemalans took to the streets to decry President Jimmy Morales, who in August attempted to expel the head of a U.N.-backed commission probing possible corruption in his campaign finances.

The U.N. commission investigating him, created...

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