The 2015 Guatemala protests were a series of demonstrations against the government of Otto Pérez Molina in which he was involved in a scandal and political corruption that led to his resignation in the same year.
[1] The protesters called for the resignation of the president as he is considered to be involved in corruption in the government.
Despite the fact that the people asked him to, the president has said that he will not resign and will continue with his mandate until his turn ends; At the end of June 2015, the preliminary ruling against him was approved, which awaited the next ordinary meeting of the Congress of the Republic to continue the process.
Mass protest movements by millions of Guatemalan miners, doctors, workers, students and teachers continued throughout 2015–2016, even after the resignation of the government.
Mass protests in August forced the uprising to oust the government and president Otto Perez Molina.