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May 2011
First Lady Sandra Torres announces she will divorce the president in order to run for upcoming elec-
tions, or in her words, 'marry the people'. The move is slammed as electoral fraud by the opposition.
Jan 14, 2012
Ex-civil war general Otto Perez Molina takes office as president, having won the election promising a
reign of
'mano dura
' (iron fist) as a solution to Guatemala's burgeoning crime problems.
Dec 21, 2012
Despite end-of-the-world predictions from non-Mayans, Baktun 13 ends without major incidents and
a new Great Cycle of the Mayan Long Count calendar begins.
