Government in Guatemala

  • Guatemala president will not quit and rejects corruption allegations

    GUATEMALA, 2015/08/25 Prosecutors and officials from a UN investigative commission said on Friday they had uncovered extensive evidence implicating Perez and ex-vice president Roxana Baldetti in a massive, highly organized scheme to reduce importers' customs duties in exchange for bribes. With two weeks to go to general elections, Perez on Sunday made a statement to the country in which he pledged to abide by legal processes -- but said he would not quit. ”I declare categorically that I reject my link to it (the bribery scheme) and having received any money from the operation of customs fraud,” said Perez.