he resigns from office. we will go to guatemala city for the latest and speak to nobel peace laureate rigoberto menchu and journalist allan nairn. then to chicago. a group of chicago public school parents, grandmothers, and education activists are entering the 19th day of a hunger strike. we will go to chicago to find out why. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in guatemala, ex-president otto perez molina has been jailed on charges of corruption only hours after he bowed to massive popular protest and resigned. in court thursday, prosecutors played wiretapped conversations they say show perez molina was part of customs-fraud ring that pilfered tens of millions of dollars from the state treasury. vice president alejandro maldonado has been sworn in as interim president until january, when perez molina s term was set to end. maldonado had been vice president since only may, after he assumed the p
benefits the people. amy: guatemalan s celebrate in the street as the president otto perez molina is jailed on corruption charges one day after he resigns from office. we will go to guatemala city for the latest and speak to nobel peace laureate rigoberto menchu and journalist allan nairn. then to chicago. a group of chicago public school parents, grandmothers, and education activists are entering the 19th day of a hunger strike. we will go to chicago to find out why. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in guatemala, ex-president otto perez molina has been jailed on charges of corruption only hours after he bowed to massive popular protest and resigned. in court thursday, prosecutors played wiretapped conversations they say show perez molina was part of customs-fraud ring that pilfered tens of millions of dollars from the state treasury. vice president alejandro maldonado has been sworn in as in
benefits the people. amy: guatemalan s celebrate in the street as the president otto perez molina is jailed on corruption charges one day after he resigns from office. we will go to guatemala city for the latest and speak to nobel peace laureate rigoberto menchu and journalist allan nairn. then to chicago. a group of chicago public school parents, grandmothers, and education activists are entering the 19th day of a hunger strike. we will go to chicago to find out why. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in guatemala, ex-president otto perez molina has been jailed on charges of corruption only hours after he bowed to massive popular protest and resigned. in court thursday, prosecutors played wiretapped conversations they say show perez molina was part of customs-fraud ring that pilfered tens of millions of dollars from the state treasury. vice president alejandro maldonado has been sworn in as in
in a major victory for human righ activists, a former guatemalan police chief has been found guilty for ordering the spanish embassy to be set on fire in 1980. 37 peasant activists and student organizers died in the fire. we will speak to nobel peace prize-winner rigoberta menchú. her father died in the massacre. we have been denied the truth for 35responsibility for mr. garcia is clear and also that of all of the people that remained in the hearing, many of whom have already died, but also responsibility of the state. i think this is what makes us the most happy and due process makes us happy, too, because we have the patience to reach this moment and we are really excited. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. islamic state militants have posted a new video threatening to execute two japanese hostages. the militants demanded japan pay a $200 million ransom without 72 within 72 hours, the sa
has been abducted. will the yemeni government be overthrown in a coup? we will speak to journalists iona craig and jeremy scahill. then to guatemala. in a major victory for human righ activists, a former guatemalan police chief has been found guilty for ordering the spanish embassy to be set on fire in 1980. 37 peasant activists and student organizers died in the fire. we will speak to nobel peace prize-winner rigoberta menchú. her father died in the massacre. we have been denied the truth for 35 years and today, the responsibility for mr. garcia is clear and also that of all of the people that remained in the hearing, many of whom have already died, but also responsibility of the state. i think this is what makes us the most happy and due process makes us happy, too, because we have the patience to reach this moment and we are really excited. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. islamic state