BBC
Sandra Torres de Colom wants to succeed her husband President Alvaro Colom in September's elections...despite a constitutional ban on relatives.
She claims there a "popular clamor" for her to run.
Her lawyers argue the ban infringes on the right of all Guatemalans to stand for election.
AND: Lawyers for Guatemalans deliberately given gonorrhea or syphilis decades ago have issued a Friday deadline for the U.S. to settle claims out of court...or face legal action.
Hundreds of prisoners and the mentally ill were infected in penicillin studies-- without their consent.
The US government has officially apologized for the "reprehensible" experiments.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12688797
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