Guatemala's president quits and goes to jail

Sep. 07, 2015

Q: Otto Perez Molina last week resigned as president of Guatemala and was arrested on corruption charges. Where is the Central American nation of Guatemala?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: Molina is accused in a plot in which businesses allegedly bribed government officials to evade taxes. He was jailed in the nation's capital . . .

A. Guatemala City

B. Belmopan

C. San Salvador

D. Tegucigalpa

Q: Molina's resignation and arrest followed mass protests demanding his ouster. About half of Guatemala's population are an indigenous people whose civilization once dominated the region. Who are these people?

A. Aztecs

B. Incas

C. Mayans

D. Sioux

Q: Mayans accounted for more than 80 percent of an estimated 200,000 Guatemalans killed in a 36-year civil war that ended in 1996. But, Guatemala and its neighbors still suffer from the world's highest murder rates largely because of . . .

A. Anarchists

B. Biker gangs

C. Communists

D. Drug gangs

Q: Long before the current drug violence sent thousands of child migrants fleeing north, Guatemala was a major supplier to the United States of which product?

A. Artichokes

B. Bananas

C. Coal

D. Diesel fuel

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