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Weekly Report - 17 March 2016 (WR-16-11)
GUATEMALA: Getting to grips with a priority
President Jimmy Morales this month named Juan Francisco Solórzano as the new superintendent of the country’s tax authority (SAT), the credibility of which was left in tatters following the high-profile ‘La Línea’ case which broke last year. This was the tax fraud scandal uncovered in the SAT involving a corruption ring allegedly headed up by former president Otto Pérez Molina (2012-2015) and his vice-president, Roxanna Baldetti (2012-2015), which ultimately forced both to step down last year. Recovering the credibility of the SAT is a key priority for Morales and his new Frente de Convergencia Nacional (FCN-Nación) government which took office in January this year.
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