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Protesters burn Guatemalan Congress to demand president resign

Clouds of smoke shoot out from the Congress building after protesters set a part of it on fire, in Guatemala City, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. [Courtesy]

Hundreds of Guatemalans partly burned the Congress building Saturday in a protest demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei, following the passage of a budget that has sparked outrage in the impoverished Central American nation. 

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