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Weekly Report - 04 April 2012 (WR-12-14)
GUATEMALA: Pérez Molina faces indigenous unrest
President Otto Pérez Molina is facing his first show of unrest from Guatemala’s indigenous sector. More than 100,000 protesters marched on Guatemala City last week to put forward long-standing demands. Proportionally, Guatemala has the second biggest indigenous population (60% of the total on UN estimates) after Bolivia in Latin America. Unlike Bolivia, however, the sector remains marginalised – a situation which the latest talks between the right-wing government and indigenous representatives suggest is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.
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