Posted on 05/23/2009 6:02:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Guatemala Murder Scandal Could Threaten the Presidency
The scandal surrounding accusations that Guatemala's president orchestrated the murder of a prominent lawyer is intensifying deepening divisions in a country still recovering from a 36-year civil war. It is also, according to some analysts, handing the country its greatest threat to democracy since that war ended in 1996.
Tens of thousands of Guatemalans have taken to the streets since a video emerged in which Rodrigo Rosenberg, the lawyer, accused Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and three others of murder and corruption.
Mr. Rosenberg, who was shot dead while riding his bike on May 10, recorded the video days earlier, saying in it that: "If you are watching this, it is because I was murdered by President Alvaro Colom, with the help of Gustavo Alejos," the president's secretary.
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What? Jeez, we’ve got Koreans jumping off of mountains, and presidents murdering, and the guy we have here is picking the pockets of every American. Do these people have a club or something? Oh, yeah, Bohemian Grove. Hail Moloch!
Wasn’t there a sandal about an American president and his wife and a prominent lawyer??? Can you spell Ft. Marcie Park?
Exactly. And the ONE we have occupying the current WH.
I wonder if they committed Arkancide???
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