Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales announced Sunday he is expelling the head of a U.N. anti-corruption commission that is investigating the president’s campaign financing. ___12:15 p.m.Resistance to Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales’ move to expel the head of a U.N. anti-corruption commission appears to be growing. 11:25 a.m.Guatemala’s Constitutional Court says it has blocked President Jimmy Morales’ order to expel the head of a U.N. anti-corruption commission. Morales announced Sunday via a video posted on Twitter that he was expelling Ivan Velasquez, head of the U.N. commission against impunity and corruption immediately. He says the U.S. government “must examine the future of our foreign assistance” to Guatemala in light of President Jimmy Morales’ decision.

Source: Washington Post August 27, 2017 16:02 UTC