Guatemala rally targets president - Democratic Underground

bobthedrummer

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Sun May-17-09 09:45 PM
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Guatemala rally targets president

Source: BBC

Thousands of Guatemalans have marched through the capital to demand the resignation of President Alvaro Colom over the killing of a lawyer.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8054820.stm

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Joanne98

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Sun May-17-09 09:49 PM
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1. Hillary will get blamed STOP NOW!

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bertman

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Sun May-17-09 10:00 PM
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2. Please to explain, Joanne98.

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arcos

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Mon May-18-09 02:52 AM
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3. I know it's a joke, but...

Millions of people have a stake in this situation. Not sure if it is a good idea to project a particular Democratic Party situation into it, it is kind of demeaning to a very, very serious allegation, and the future of the Guatemalan state.

Colom is the first non-right winger elected in Guatemala, EVER, but he seems to be in VERY deep shit... the evidence is overwhelmingly against him, and this could damage the left wing in Guatemala for quite a few decades.

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