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2015 Guatemalan protests
Massive Demonstrations on 25 April in Guatemala City
Date
April 25, 2015 – January 1, 2016
Location
Guatemala
Caused by
La Linea corruption case
Goals
Resignation of President Otto Perez Molina
Fresh general elections
Methods
Demonstrations
Resulted in
Otto Perez Molina resigns and cabinet forced to step down
The 2015 Guatemala protests were a series of demonstrations against the government of Otto Pérez Molina in which he was involved in a scandal and political corruption that led to his resignation in the same year. These mass protests, nonviolent protests, bloodless disturbances, political crisis and peaceful uprising in war-scarred Guatemala led by hundreds of thousands.[1]
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