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Weekly Report - 28 July 2016 (WR-16-29)

GUATEMALA: Morales faces protests and high-level resignations

President Jimmy Morales celebrated his first six months in office on 14 July, a date which coincided with protests from teachers and public health care workers. Days later, Health Minister Alfonso Cabrera resigned. The protests, and the departure of Cabrera – Morales’ third cabinet minister to step down since his small, conservative Frente de Convergencia Nacional (FCN-Nación) government took office – is the latest sign of the crisis afflicting the public health sector, which stems in large part from chronic underfunding as a result of official corruption.

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