Uncertainty in Guatemala as new president takes office
Uncertainty in Guatemala as new president takes office
Sonia Perez D., Associated Press
Updated 2:38 pm, Thursday, January 14, 2016
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The comic and political neophyte Jimmy Morales was being inaugurated as Guatemala's next leader on Thursday amid uncertainty over how he plans to run the Central American nation beset by entrenched poverty, rampant corruption and violent criminal gangs.
United States Vice President Joe Biden met with Morales and the leaders of El Salvador and Honduras before the swearing in Thursday.
Biden congratulated Morales for his commitment to fight corruption. He noted that thousands of Guatemalans had gone into the streets to demand change and elected Morales to do the job.
Morales petitioned Biden Thursday to add Guatemala to the list of countries granted temporary protected status, which provides its eligible citizens in the U.S. a degree of temporary protection from deportation and allows them to work and travel.
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