Last month the international credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service cited “the government's fight against corruption and its effort to improve transparency and accountability” as one of two reasons for upgrading its outlook on Guatemala's ratings to stable from negative. The decision by Moody’s (which also affirmed the Ba1 government bond and issuer ratings) reflects the positive fall-out of anti-impunity efforts by the United Nations (UN)-backed anti-impunity commission in Guatemala (Cicig) and attorney general’s office (AG) – which notably exposed the corruption scandal which forced President Otto Pérez Molina (2012-2015) and his deputy Roxana Baldetti to step down last year. However, the challenges for those officials in charge of these efforts under the new government led by President Jimmy Morales, remains clear: last month for the first time, AG Thelma Aldana said that she feared for her life.End of preview - This article contains approximately 761 words.
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