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Guatemala's Congress has sworn in a former judge as President while his predecessor has appeared in court over corruption allegations just hours after resigning.
Alejandro
Maldonado, a 79-year-old conservative who only became Vice President in May,
will serve out the rest of Otto Perez Molina's term, handing over on January
14.
Separately, on Thursday, a judge citing a flight risk ordered Perez to be held in prison while hearings over his alleged role in a customs-corruption scandal continue.
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