mobilizations, guatemala has seen in recent years. citizens calling on the countries president alejandro jemma. take his step down north to resign. resign. we want the government that's protector, right. the tensions have been high across much of the country since the head of guatemalans anti corruption agency. when finance he school sandeval was fired last week. sandeval was said to be conducting investigations into top guatemalan officials, including the country's president. over the weekend, sandeval was seen fleeing the country, telling reporters that he feared for his life. in value, ma'am, it's a, sadly, this has become a situation that many public servants in guatemala, have had to go through simply because we are not useful for the regime. that is the only thing i can say. and as i've said many times, wherever i am, i'm going to continue working. the reaction from guatemala and citizens has been nationwide protests and on thursday, a national strike. just thing when he has done a because they can. so i am tired and fed up with all this corruption in this country is drowning and incorru

the calls from protesters are for the resignation of the of the countries president alejandro jemma the day. but really the unrest that we've been seeing the tensions that we've been seeing since last week and over the weekend stem from the ouster of one man. his name is one francisco centerville, he's the former top anti corruption official for guatemala sandeval has since fled the country. and it's believed that he was fired precisely because of his corruption investigations into top officials. in guatemala, including an investigation into the president of guatemala, alejandro geometry. sandeval, as we said, has fled the country thing that he fears for his life. and the response that we're seeing is precisely what we're seeing on the streets of guatemala. today, these protests calling for the president to resign, people saying what that they're protesting against rampant brazen, endemic corruption within the guatemalan government. and the ouster of this gentleman, mister going mister sandeval has also brought up international criticism. the us state department has called this a, quote