The protests were part of growing demonstrations against conservative president Alejandra Alejandra Giamatti for approving a budget that sparked outrage.

Most of the funds were earmarked for infrastructure projects, while spending on education and health care was cut the morning after Workers clean up the debris.

Guatemala's government says protesters who set fire to the country's Congress building on Saturday are guilty of terrorist acts, but a human rights group said the police used excessive force against them.

At least 12 were injured and dozens of others arrested.

E kept my hands raised in the air, but 358 policemen still came and beat me.

They put their boots on my head.

I think their images of that the truth is that it's just not right.

We must remember that we're no longer in a dictatorship.

Yesterday I was arrested for documenting the demonstration in the square.

I'm a documentarian and a photojournalist.

I was doing my job when the police attacked me and illegally arrested me.

Yet thousands of demonstrators had gathered in central Guatemala City to protest cuts in education and health care spending.

Three new budget was negotiated in secret on approved by Congress before dawn on Wednesday.

No, yeah, who?

People can't stand it anymore.

They burnt the building because they're angry because the president doesn't help them.

Three people are in need, their suffering.

They're hungry.

Who is going to help them eat if the president has all the money?

The president told DINERO.

Vice President Guillermo Castillo responded to the protests with a drastic proposal for the good of the country.

I have asked the president that we both present our resignation from office, him as president and myself is vice president, but we must do it together.

But President Alejandro Giamatti refuses to step down, clinging onto power despite the widespread outrage.