In 60 Seconds: Congress strips president of immunity

The guatemalan congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of stripping president Otto Perez Molina of immunity to face trial for corruption. In China, president Nicolas Maduro signed a 5-billion-dollar loan with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing. The secretary-general of the union of south american nations or UNASUR, Ernesto Samper, announced a proposal to create a human rights commission to monitor the situation at the border between Venezuela and Colombia. A new protest took place in Peru condemning the increase of us military presence in the country. The Soyuz Tma-18m space ship carrying three astronauts blasted off from the launch pad in Kazakhstan.