Jimmy Morales marks one year as president of Guatemala One year into his presidency, Guatemala head of state Jimmy Morales says Sunday that his government has regained the country’s confidence, after the corruption scandals uncovered in 2015 that unleashed a crisis and brought an end to former president Otto Perez’s mandate. In his address to Congress, Morales also says the murder rate per 100,000 inhabitants has gone down 5% compared to 2015. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES