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When on September 3 2015 Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina had to resign to stand trial for corruption allegations, many citizens imagined that the doors were opening for a quick and peaceful process for the construction democracy and the rule of law in Guatemala.
Three years later, the spectre of an authoritarian regime with a democratic facade looms over the country.
