UN Backs Anti-Graft Investigator in Standoff with Guatemala

U.N. Secretary-general Antonio Guterres on Wednesday rejected a request by Guatemala’s government to name a new head of a U.N. commission investigating corruption in the Central American nation.  Spokeswoman Florencia Soto told The Associated Press that the agreement between Guatemala and the United Nations stipulates that Guterres gets to determine the head of the commission.  “The secretary-general does not see any reason to change his current position of support for...

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