Development: On 3 September Guatemala’s presidential spokesperson, Jorge Ortega, announced that President Otto Pérez Molina had resigned. Significance: The announcement, which was breaking news at the time of writing, came after a local judge issued an arrest warrant for Pérez Molina following the 1 August unanimous decision by the 158-member unicameral legislature to strip him of his immunity so that he could be investigated for alleged corruption. The congressional decision was in line with a request submitted by the United Nations (UN)-backed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig) and the local attorney general’s office (AG), which on 21 August…