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A 2015 kickbacks scandal in this country that indicted Roxana Baldetti was named for the telephone line at this country’s SAT agency that importers called to circumvent customs duties. The Christian party Vision with Values was founded in this country, which has the highest proportion of evangelical Christians in Latin America. An NGO investigating corruption in this country, “Cicig,” (“SEE-seeg”) was given (15[1])24 hours to leave the country in 2019 by then-president Jimmy (-5[1])(*) Morales. A self-governing (10[1])indigenous group known as “48 cantones” set up roadblocks in this country after Attorney General Consuelo Porras tried to invalidate 2023 election results. (-5[1])That “slow-motion coup” in this country ended after (-5[1])a candidate from the Seed Movement succeeded Alejandro Giammattei (“jee-uh-mah-TAY”). For 10 points, name this Central American country where Bernardo Arévalo took office in (-5[1])2024 after protests by the indigenous K’iche Maya people. ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: Guatemala [or Republic of Guatemala; or República de Guatemala]
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