Protests and Vandalism In Guatemala

Article by Ananya Nayar, Website edited by Misaki Tomiyama

Image by Cacahuate, amendments by Joelf is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Guatemala is a Central American city in the South of Mexico, it has historical Mayan sites, beautiful volcanoes and forests. Recently, there have been protesters angry with the health and education cuts set fire to the Congress building in the City of Guatemala for 10 minutes. The building was empty, so nobody was hurt or injured.

Thousands of protesters broke out expressing extreme disapproval for the legislature that approved a budget that would cut what was spent on health and education, they also want President Alejandro Giammetti. On Friday, the Vice-President Guillermo Castillo expressed his objections for the cut on the budget and announced that he thought he and Mr Giametti should step down, as wanted by the protesting citizens.