Hundreds of Guatemalans gathered to protest an agreement President Jimmy Morales' government signed with Washington to require migrants passing through the Central American country to seek asylum there, rather than pushing on to the United States.
Demonstrators demand the resignation of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, featured in the poster that reads in Spanish "Traitor," outside the Presidential House in Guatemala City, Saturday, July 27, 2019. Demonstrators are protesting an agreement that their government signed with Washington to require migrants passing through the Central American country to seek asylum there, rather than pushing on to the U.S.
The protesters also carried signs calling for Guatemala to maintain its sovereignty and expressing support for a United Nations-backed anti-corruption commission that Morales expelled from the country. Morales’ four-year term ends in January, and an August runoff election is scheduled to determine his successor.
The same conditions driving Salvadorans and Hondurans to flee their country — gang violence, poverty, joblessness and a prolonged drought that has severely hit crop yields — are also present in Guatemala.
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