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The promised change in Guatemala is nowhere to be seen

Two years on, the government of Jimmy Morales is much discussed for its lack of direction and corruption is still present in the political scene. Español

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Jimmy Morales, current president of Guatemala. Image: Nueva Sociedad. All rights reserved.

Two years ago, Jimmy Morales’s accession to the Presidency of Guatemala reloaded the voters’ hopes in the fight against corruption and the purging of the traditional political system.

The new president was not a politician. He had campaigned under the slogan "neither corrupt, nor thief", and had captured the vote of the citizens who were fed up with things-as-usual.