Can a Conservative-Minded Leader Save Guatemala?
On Saturday, President-elect Otto Pérez Molina will be inaugurated in Guatemala, following his November runoff election win against Manuel Baldizón Méndez. Pérez, a member of the conservative Patriotic Party, has no easy task in front of him as he steps up to lead what some have called one of the most dangerous nations in the world. Like Mexico, crime and violence caused by transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) is rampant throughout Guatemala. In 2010, for instance, the murder rate in Guatemala (41 people per 100,000) was six times the world average … More
