Hundreds of Guatemalans protested (Reuters) the firing of prominent anticorruption investigator Juan Francisco Sandoval, who fled the country after being removed from office last week. A U.S. State Department official called the ousting (AFP) “a significant setback to the rule of law.”
Mexico: At a meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called for a new and more autonomous body (MercoPress) to replace the Organization of American States (OAS).
This Backgrounder looks at the OAS.
