WORLD BRIEFING / GUATEMALA
Thousands of Guatemalans gathered for a march to the National Palace to demand that the president resign over accusations that he ordered a lawyer killed, a scandal threatening the rule of the country’s first leftist leader in more than 50 years.
President Alvaro Colom denies the allegations of Rodrigo Rosenberg, which were broadcast posthumously after the attorney was shot to death last week. He has dismissed calls for his resignation and asked the FBI and a U.N. panel to investigate the killing.
Thousands of protesters marched 15 blocks to the National Palace in Guatemala City. Many were from upper classes that are largely opposed to Colom’s rule.
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