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Weekly Report - 17 January 2013 (WR-13-02)
GUATEMALA: Pérez Molina presents his balance sheet
President Otto Pérez Molina’s star has yet to wane. A poll released this week to coincide with the anniversary of his first year in office gave him a 70% approval rate – the highest of the last four presidents. This despite incidents such as the killing of indigenous protesters by soldiers in Totonicapán last October [WR-12-40]. In his one year balance sheet, Pérez Molina flagged up significant achievements with regard to his two declared priorities – public security and food security. However other recent actions have revived doubts regarding another electoral pledge – namely his promise to continue with efforts at clamping down on past impunity, particularly relating to the 1960-1996 civil war.
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