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Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo announces in a video that he has asked Congress for legal reform to remove Attorney General Consuelo Porras from office amid a corruption investigation. "As a president directly elected by the people with an explicit mandate to fight for transparency and against corruption," he says, "I cannot allow this injustice to continue." SOUNDBITE
Peruvian president Dina Boluarte, the first woman to take office in the country, swears in her Cabinet members, following the impeachment of Pedro Castillo. IMAGES
Guatemalan police have arrested the son and brother of President Jimmy Morales, Jose Manuel and Sammy Morales, on corruption charges. IMAGES
Bolivia President Luis Arce swears in new military commanders after slamming an attempted "coup d'etat" as soldiers and tanks deployed outside government buildings and tried to knock down a door of the presidential palace. IMAGES
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte arrives at the prosecutor's office in Lima a day after the attorney general accused her of taking bribes in the form of Rolex watches, the latest twist in a corruption scandal that has rocked her unpopular government. IMAGES