Many of the most sadistic, treacherous monsters who bled their country's national treasuries dry while torturing and slaughtering suspected "dissidents" have stood in good favor with U.S. administrations.
It's an old story. One of the President's was quoted saying, "He's a bastard, but he's OUR bastard." It has never been a reason to overthrow a perfectly good puppet.
The evidence on this guy, regarding corruption, hasn't been revealed in anything I've seen, of course, and will take much longer becoming public. His Vice-President was far more conspicuously exposed already, but there is no doubt far more to come. He may be getting rushed out of there to avoid revealing too much about how extensive his corruption is, and what other people and organizations are involved.
The horrendous problem with this guy is what ordinary Guatemalan people knew long before he was ever "elected." He was completely involved in savage war crimes and atrocities in the hideous war upon the people of Guatemala which became official when the U.S. under Dwight D. Eisenhower overthrew the popularly elected progressive President Jacobo Arbenz in 1954 which triggered suffering, grief, tragedy beyond anything the people of Guatemala could have every dreamed possible. It has lasted for ages. The intensity of the hatred and mistreatment of the indigenous majority has been fully supported by U.S. Presidents like Ronald Reagan, Congressmen like Jesse Helms, so many, many more.
The President the country found guilty for genocide could not have been more beloved by the U.S. American right, fully supported by Ronald Reagan. Efrain Rios-Montt.
It was known Perez was involved in all-out war upon the indigenous Guatemalans long ago, yet he felt he would be safe running for the Presidency. The Presidents he served were all supported by the U.S. Gov't.
It could be they find him an embarrassment now, and disposable, as they finally decided with Manuel Noriega. Could be they have been forced, by his potential "outing" by the people, to make a stand against him in order to preserve our country's "reputation."
Of course corruption is wrong. Why has it been ignored in all the other murderous puppets in the Americas?
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