From The Christian Science Monitor:Accusations that President Alvaro Colom helped orchestrate the murder of a prominent lawyer continue to intensify – deepening divisions in a country still recovering from a 36-year civil war.
Guatemala City and Mexico City - The scandal surrounding accusations that Guatemala's president orchestrated the murder of a prominent lawyer is intensifying – deepening divisions in a country still recovering from a 36-year civil war. It is also, according to some analysts, handing the country its greatest threat to democracy since that war ended in 1996.
Tens of thousands of Guatemalans have taken to the streets since a video emerged in which Rodrigo Rosenberg, the lawyer, accused Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and three others of murder and corruption.
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My Comment: It is very damming when a man makes a video and says that you are plotting to kill him .... and then he is found dead. Any objective policeman would then put you on the top of his suspects list .... and in Guatemala, the people have placed their President on top of this "suspects" list.
Guatemala is at a point in which it can quickly fall back into civil war and economic strife. A point which is made worse when the President himself has lost his legitimacy and authority to govern. Can Guatemala overcome this .... if history is any indication, there is no reason to be optimistic.
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