Hundreds of protesters entered the Guatemalan Congress, setting fires before being evicted from the facilities, in the context of a protest against the government of Alejandro Giammattei after the approval of a budget criticized from the public.
It would be the largest in history, which generates indebtedness and rejection among Guatemalans.
The incidents were already controlled, after flames were visible in several of the building’s windows. The flames in the Legislative Palace were evident from the street and the Red Cross treated several people for intoxication, a spokesman for the Guatemalan Red Cross, Andrés Lemus, told reporters.
To enter, as reported by Infobae, the protesters broke the entrance door and the windows, throwing lighted torches inside.
The parliamentarians were not in the hemicycle during the 10 minutes that the attack lasted, in which they also caused other damage, and no injuries or deaths were reported yet.
Congress, mostly made up of the ruling party and related parties, this week approved the largest budget in the country’s history with almost $ 13 billion, detailed Agence France-Presse.
However, most of the funds are directed to infrastructure with entrepreneurs and neglect the fight against poverty and child malnutrition that affects almost 50% of children under five years of age.
In addition to the protests that it has generated, several economic entities and analysts warn that it is a risk that a third of the budget is financed by debt, as proposed.
Additionally, Congress approved loans for more than 3.8 billion dollars to attend the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus, although only less than 15% of those resources have been invested.
