we have a report now from guatemala city. >> back on the streets, hundreds of protestors marched to guatemala city's central park. six months ago, citizens groups were aiming to take down a president accused of corruption. now, they're here to send a message to guatemala's new president. >> this year, we are starting by demanding that the government is transparent and honest, like it should be. this is our main objective. >> morales was sworn in as guatemala's president on thursday afternoon. the 46-year-old former t.v. comic told politicians in the press that he will take the country on a new course. >> a new guatemala is possible and worther the struggle. of course things could be better, but i want you to bear in mind things don't change overnight. only we can clear that change. the darkness of corruption to the dawn of transparency. >> morales surprised the nation when he won october's presidential runoff. his lack of political experience was his best weapon in a country battered by a series of corruption scandals that brought down top politicians, including the former president. analysts

david mercer has this report from guatemala city. >> reporter: inside guatemala's public hospitals, scenes of hardship and neglect. in this emergency room in guatemala city, patients with chronic kidney disease wait for treatment. this man's feet are swollen, signs his illness flared up. he could bearly afford the 9 hour trip, let alone drugs prescribed. >> sometimes i don't have enough money to buy the medications, without them my health is worst, and i have to spend more money to get better again. guatemala's public health care system is facing its worse crisis history. hospital staff may have equipment like surgical drugs and sutures on some days, on others patients do have to provide their own. all the while more people crowd the hospitals as population grows. >> obviously the problems providing quality care create a level of frustration, you can't give patients what they deserve. in spite of shortages, we try to serve patients as best we can, to even if it means taking money out of their pockets. a shortage of supplies is predicted to leave many of the habits unable to receive patient

marched to guatemala city's central mark.o, citizens groups were aiming to take down a president accused of corruption. now they are here to send a message to the new president. >> translator: this year we are starting by demanding that the government is transparent, and that it is honest, like it should be. >> reporter: moralez was sworn in on thursday afternoon. the 46 year old, said he will take the country on a new course. >> translator: a new guatemala is possible, and it's worth the struggle. things could be better, but things don't change overnight. and only we can create that change. we are passing from the darkness of corruption to the dawn of transparency. >> reporter: he surprised the nation when he won the presidential runoff. his lack of political experience was his best weapon in a country battered by a series of corruption scandaling that brought down top politicians. analysts say moralez won't have much time to rebuild public trust. >> it is the make or break year. we're finally going to know what he is made o

president and he swept the election with the election of corruption scandals and we report from guatemala cityorter: back on the streets hundreds of protesters marched to guatemala central park and six months ago aiming to take down a president accused of corruption and now they are here to send a message to guatemala's new president. >> translator: this year we are starting by demanding that the government is transparent and that it is honest like it should be, this is our main objective. >> reporter: was sworn in as guatemala's president on thursday afternoon, the 46-year-old former t.v. comic told politicians and the press he will take the country on a new course. >> translator: a new guatemala is possible and of course things could be better but keep in mind things can change overnight and only we can clear the change and the darkness over corruption and the dawn of transparency. >> surprised the nation when he won october's presidential runoff and his lack of political experience was his best weapon in a country battered by a series of corruption scandals that brought down top politicians

. >> reporter: back on the streets hundreds of protesters mashed to guatemala city park. six months ago citizens groups were aiming to take down a president accused of corruption. now they're here to send a message to guatemala's new president. >> translation: this year we are starting by demanding that the government is transparent and that it is honest like it should be. this is our main objective. >> reporter: jimmy morales was sworn in as guatemala's president on thursday afternoon. the 46-year-old former tv cometic told the press that he would fake the country on anyway course. >> translation: -- take >> translation: a new guatemala is possible and it is worth the struggle. things could be better, but i want you to bear in mind things don't change overnight. only we can create that change. we are passing to corruption to the dawn of transparency. >> reporter: his lack of political experience was his best weapon in a country battered by a series of corruption scandals that brought down top politicians, including the former president. analysts say jimmy morales won't ha

volcano experts monitoring the ash 7 kilometers in the sky and it's near guatemala city and know vacuum evacuation orders yet. he wants a safe transition of power after calls for rallies raised fears of unrest between government and opposition supposupe suppo supporters. >> reporter: signed and debated laws he says helped lift venezuela people out of poverty and after the reelection he accepts defeat but he is calling on his supporters to protest during tuesday's assembly inauguration. he says the march will be peaceful but the opposition has often claimed that groups like his function as armed malitia-like groups that attack their detractors. >> translator: social movements are going to show support for the revolutionary government and tell the far right we are not willing to lose the social and political achievements of the past 17 years. >> after gaining power in 1998chavez vowed to transform the oil-rich nation to a socialist paradise with subsidized food and free housing and clinics for the poor contributed to his unchallenged popularity. but his successor nicholas miduro lacks his

david mercer, al jazeera, guatemala city. >>> a little earlier in the bulletin we were telling you aboutr soldier who has gone on trial for trying to smuggle a 4-year-old afghan girl into britain at her father's request. the 49 year old faced up to five years in jail for aiding illegal immigration. and we understand he has just been convicted by a french court for trying to rescue that little girl, but he does avoid prison. >>> still ahead in the news hour, the former head of world athletics accused of sanctioning organized corruption. details coming up. ♪ >>> we're back with an update on all of the sports stories. >>> the former head of world athletics has been accused of organizing and enabling conspiracy and corruption. it is the second part of an independent report. it also claims the iaaf council could not have been unaware of the corruption. lee what is the latest? >> reporter: well, part two of the independent report. we knew it was going to be damming. it was collusion between russians at a high level, and the world governing body of athletics which is a complete deception of the

other world news in guatemala monitoring eruption of the volcano and it's 50 miles from guatemala cityted sunday sending ash up to seven kilometers high and indian troops searching the base for more gunmen involved in last weekend's attack and no fire heard since monday night but one attacker suspected on the base and seven indian and five fighters killed in assault that began on saturday. arrested a suspect for attack on a bus and killed 17 and injured 32 other passengers and the police are investigating the man's motive. u.s. government has sued the german car maker volkswagen for violating the clean air act and company admitted selling diesel cars fitted with illegal software designed to cheat emissions tests. in germany an aging population and a low birth rate are creating a serious skills shortage and small towns and cities throughout the country are being affected the most, part one of al jazeera's look at global falling birth rate and dominick cane is in a small town in central germany where they are hoping some of the thousands of skilled refugees coming to the country could pr

a plane filled with guatemalans who have been deported from the united states just arrived in guatemala city as the u.s. government carries out a national campaign of raids targeting families who have fled to the u.s. seeking asylum. one of the deported asylum-seekers, marvin solis, said he felt his rights had been violated. >> like the saying goes, one does harm and another bears the blame. some people truly deserve an opportunity over there and they are carrying out raids and with that, they in a violating people's rights. amy: transcanada corporation has sued the u.s. government over its rejection of the keystone xl pipeline. on wednesday, it filed a lawsuit in u.s. federal court alleging president obama's rejection of the pipeline exceeded his power under the u.s. constitution. transcanada also filed legal action under the north american free trade agreement, or nafta, claiming the pipeline permit denial was "arbitrary and unjustified." it's seeking $15 billion as part of its nafta claim. president obama rejected the cross-border crude oil pipeline in november after years of review and o

lore of science, a father of three, and you know, i wanted to do something to improve the city. >> alberto: guatemala and kol onlyia so far. -- colombia so far. >> i'm from puerto rico, i recently graduated from salem state, and my sports management degree and i do everything in chelsea, i work there, volunteer there, run two basketball programs and a big youth guy and that made me want to become a city council. >> my name is judith and i grew up in chelsea, my mother was a factory worker there. she has been working in a local factory for over 26 years and my experiences, seeing the expenses of my mother as a worker there, graduated as an urban planner from college. >> alberto: what made you run for office, the moment that said i will do this? >> when i went to college and studied many improvements that can happen in cities i returned to our city and i realized that we have so many problems that we have not imaboved quality of life, that we have not got the change or opportunities for our young population, our women, do do not have a voice. i decided to run because i brief we can provide that voice,

morales was sworn in friday evening in guatemala city before several latin american presidents, and u.stranslator: i've said this before, making use of and paraphrasing our national anthem, woe to he who with blind ambition tries to steal the people's money because we will be drastic and severe. >> guatemala, a country of 15 million, is reeling from a corruption scandal that last year prompted the resignation of its president, vice president, and more than a dozen cabinet members, ministers, and government officials. former president oto perez molina is in jail awaiting trial. perez won with more than 67% of the vote. among the main challenges for new president is combatting poverty. in a country where over half are below the poverty line, according to the world bank. the president asked all guatemalans to make a commitment and work for a better guatemala. morales will serve as president until 2020. reelection is not allowed in guatemala. >>> actor alan rickman lost his battle with cancer. he is best known for his portrayal of villains, but we will tell you what he said about the roles

they provide a doctor's note showing that they are unable to fly to select cities in el salvador, honduras, panama and guatemala. united airline will give any customers traveling to the affected regions the opportunity to rebook at a later date or receive a full refund. the zika virus has spread to at least 25 countries. the centers for disease control and prevention is warning pregnant women in particular against traveling to those areas. >> this virus has been on the move for sometime. so a lot of people have been exposed to this virus or in those areas. but it will continue to move would then expectation. >> reporter: as of now officials say there are 31 cases in the united states but they've all been linked to travel. that means the person would have the united states. in particular when it comes to the airlines they are saying they're all, all of them in the united states are reviewing their policies when it comes to rebooking or receiving refunds. and before i send it back to you michelle and krystal you were talking about some of the symptoms. they say 80 percent of the people who get the virus won't sho

guatemalas say their people's movement is here to stay. a message being sent loud and clear to the country's new president. david mercer >>> residents in the u.s. city of flint in michigan are lining up for bottled water. ten flint residents have died of legionaires disease and more than 80 are affected. it's not clear that the outbreak is related to the water supply. >> reporter: this city of 100,000 in one of the richest nations in the world has no potable water >> the fact that we have to live like this, it's unfortunate. >> reporter: michigan's governor deployed the national guard this week to deliver water, filters and testing kits where there are high levels of led >> this is a crisis and that's something that i will apologise for. the real issue in front of us is how do we address it and take care of the people of flint. >> reporter: an unending stream of people file in streams for their daily supply of water. a handful of troops helped on thursday when a total of 32 volunteers were deployed to hand out bottled water where 40% live in poverty. >> on i was really heartened by the resillen see of the citizens of flint. -- resilience ee. this is

the two men from guatemala, one is here on a travel visa. >>> the city's buildings department issued a stop work order at a construction site in manhattan after a worker was seriously injured. authorities say the worker fell from the fifth floor to the basement of the building on west 17th street in chelsea wednesday morning. he was rushed to the hospital in serious but stable condition. after a preliminary investigation, inspectors determined the injured worker was not using proper safety protection equipment. >>> bergen counties animal control assessing a raccoon for rabies after it attacked a little boy on his way to school yesterday morning. more serious injuries. >> reporter: mo'nique wants people to see the bravery of her boy, aryan. a few hours after the surgery that put nine stitches in his face. this injury, after the raccoon seen in this photo, crossed a street in bergen county and jumped on the 6-year-old's back. >> i know it was something else. >> reporter: it happened just before 9:00 a.m. that's walked to school. the animal was clawing and biting the one place where her

city. pelham bay and van cortlandt. and you see stuff here you probably ain't seen in central park. the garifuna come from honduras, guatemalaheir ethnic group to a single slave ship that crashed off st. vincent. where is home for many of the garifuna community living in the u.s.? you guessed it, the bronx. >> living in the bronx you're able to travel the world without leaving the borough. >> right. >> and you know, it's like an addiction. when you go to another country, that first day on the market, and all your dreams and you smell the diesel and you're looking around, where's that one thing i'm looking for? to be able to do that really in your own back yard is really -- >> cool. >> we have an hudutu, that's coconut soup with fish. over here we have tapo, with banana, malanga in coconut soup. >> well, that sounds good. >> neck bones and flat head, let's do that. >> in garifuna cuisine, mashed plantains come with just about every dish. >> plantains are just part of it. you never have it without this. same method, same right hand. same everything. >> there's fish and coconut soup. >> what kind of fish is this? >> blue fish.

repeated crop failures, three arizona tack city states led by joined together and conquered to atlantic and pacific and as far south as what is now guatemala but they didn't demand any of the traditional soils of war. they just wanted food so they had edible tributes and marched off the enemy soldiers which has been captured brought they will to their capitol which sacrificed them and then ate them. they were eaten only by elites who included warriors. and i'm not gong to say anymore about that except i will note that the aztec warriors everyday diet was included dried toasted tortilla and ground chee chia and pumpkin seeds. okay. so now we're going to pause for a moment and digest a lot of information and try to understand what are some characters, rations does anybody want to venture a go ahead -- they're portable that's one, light and portable. anybody else? >> they're dry. light and -- removed weight and dry is characteristic often of a what kind of a food? >> preserved a preserved food so we have a preserved food so that it can last a long time. it's light so that it's portable. it's rugged because well a soldier life in the field is

cities mentioned as ones pregnant women should avoid. here is a look at the countries all highlighted in red. it covers much of central and south america, along with the caribbean, mexico, brazil, guatemala, puerto rico and the virgin islands. if you are pregnant, ask your doctor before heading there. the virus has been linked to babies born with abnormally small heads >>> here in the bay area, keeping close tabs on the threat of mosquitos infected with the zika virus. so far, none found. typically, they don't breed in the bay area. in many places, standing water from recent rains could make for ideal breeding grounds. we went out with crews looking for larva and making sure there are no signs of infected mosquitoes. >> the last time we found an adult mosquito was in august of 2014. the last time we found eggs or larvae was may of 2015. >> public p agencies are given be the same type of requests, to remove standing water in any outdoor containers that could attract mosquitoes. >>> 4:50 right now. move on to decision 2016 and the preps of the donald, inescapable during last night's view. trump was nowhere to be scene. fox news each called him the elephant not in the room. >> i'm a maniac

guatemala. this video here of the chancellor of costa rica saying good-bye to the first group of 180 cubans as they boarded a plane in the city of liberia. the plane took them from that city. this plan is what officials called migrant issues. hatzel vela showed us first hand last month more than 7,000 cubans have been stranded in costa rica since november.they were forced to live in shelters since borders were closed and they were denied passage >>> police now asking the public to help please together what exactly led to his death. if you kno anything about this crime, please contact them. your help tracking down two men caught on camera at chris's restaurant and grill. police say to the smashed through a glass door and took off with two cash registers. if you have any information about this burglary, call miami-dade police. >>> a cooper city home burglary that ended in a police chase. mrs. brian linder. local 10 there as he was brought into the ft. lauderdale jail last night. the pursuit picked up in the area of eu8th terrace and fourth street yesterday. were able to hold the teen until deputies arrived. investigators say li

some repeated failures, three city states led by this, join together and conquering the adjoining territory in the atlantic and pacific as far south as what is now guatemala but they did not demand any of the traditional war, they just wanted food. so they had this and they march off the enemy soldiers that had been captured and brought to their capital, they ritually sacrificed them in and ate them. he not only. [inaudible] and i'm not going to say anymore about that except that i will note that the aztec warriors everyday diet was extremely monotonous. [inaudible] okay. so now we are going to pause for a moment. we are going to a digest this information and understand the characteristics of rations. does anyone want to venture this? >> they are portable. >> yes, light and portable. anyone else? >> drive. >> yes. they remove the weight and it's a characteristic. so we have this preserved food so it can last a long time. it is light so that it is portable and rugged because a soldiers life in the field is pretty rugged and finally it is nourishing and that often meant a preserved protein. so those are pretty much the same characteristics of rations today.

crop failures, three aztec city states, joint together and conquered the joining territories to either coast, the atlantic and the pacific, and as far south as what is now guatemalabut didn't demand any of the traditional spoils of war. they just wanted food. so, they had edible tributes and they marched off the enemy soldiers who had been captured, brought them to their capital, ritually sacrificed them and ate them. they were eaten only by elites who included the warriors, and i'm not going to say any more about that except i will note that the aztec warriors, everyday diet was extremely monotonous. it included dried toasted tortillas and ground chia, and pumpkin seeds. so now we'll pause for a moment and digest all of this information and try to understand some characteristics of rations. does anybody want to venture a -- go ahead. >> portable. >> portable, yes, definitely one. light and portable. anybody else? yes. >> dried. >> they're dry, yes, light and -- they remove the weight, and dry is a characteristic often of a -- what kind of a food? preserved. a preserved food. so, we have a preserved food so that it can last a long time, it's light so that it's po

guatemala. their journey startrt earlier today in costa rica. this is the chancellor of costa rica saying good-bye to the first group of 180 cuban migrants as they boarded a plane in the city of lie er i can't. liberia so el salvador. this plan is part of what central american officials are calling a pilot program created to help these thousands of cubans who have been stranded in central america. as local10 news reporter hats oh very well la shot you -- more than -- they were forced to live in shelters after -- we want to let you know he is at the u.s. mexico border as cubes who were stuck in costa rica make their way to mexico and finally into the u.s. do look for his live report starting in just about an hour right here on local 10 news at 5:00. turning to sports, former miami dolphins running back ryan phillips was down dead in front. they believe lawrence phillips committed suide. this comes 10 years after he was convicted of choking his glfriend and driving his car into three teenagers. he was a star ruruing back at he had been in solitary confinement for almost three years after he was suspected of killing his cellmate, although a judge ruled on tuesday that there w