Posted on Aug 21, 2023
Guatemala's anti-corruption candidate wins presidency in a landslide vote
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In Guatemala, a reformist candidate has beaten the odds and will become president-elect. With nearly 100% of the vote counted, the center left, anti-corruption candidate, Bernardo Arévalo leads with more than 20 percentage votes.
The polls predicted this huge victory. But it's also unexpected.
The 64-year-old former diplomat and son of the Guatemala's first democratically elected President, Arévalo stunned political observers when he secured second place against former first lady Sandra Torres, in the initial round of voting in June. He and his Semilla party were hardly known in Guatemala just a few months ago.
In Guatemala, a reformist candidate has beaten the odds and will become president-elect. With nearly 100% of the vote counted, the center left, anti-corruption candidate, Bernardo Arévalo leads with more than 20 percentage votes.
The polls predicted this huge victory. But it's also unexpected.
The 64-year-old former diplomat and son of the Guatemala's first democratically elected President, Arévalo stunned political observers when he secured second place against former first lady Sandra Torres, in the initial round of voting in June. He and his Semilla party were hardly known in Guatemala just a few months ago.
Guatemala's anti-corruption candidate wins presidency in a landslide vote
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel he better have an excellent security team...
..."The 64-year-old former diplomat and son of the Guatemala's first democratically elected president, Arévalo stunned political observers when he secured second place against former first lady Sandra Torres in the initial round of voting in June. He and his Semilla party were hardly known in Guatemala just a few months ago.
Arévalo and his party were outsiders in a country where the ruling elite has been consolidating its power for years. Human rights defenders, journalists, independent prosecutors and judges had been fleeing, some imprisoned. The ruling party and some of its allies had challenged the result of the first round of the election that saw the Semilla party briefly suspended.
"This victory belongs to the people of Guatemala and now, united as the Guatemalan people, we will fight against corruption," Arévalo said at a news conference late Sunday evening.
Before the election, voter apathy had reigned in a country where many had become inured to corruption and its backslide toward authoritarianism. Analysts view this win as a chance to short-circuit Guatemala's democratic backslide."...
..."The 64-year-old former diplomat and son of the Guatemala's first democratically elected president, Arévalo stunned political observers when he secured second place against former first lady Sandra Torres in the initial round of voting in June. He and his Semilla party were hardly known in Guatemala just a few months ago.
Arévalo and his party were outsiders in a country where the ruling elite has been consolidating its power for years. Human rights defenders, journalists, independent prosecutors and judges had been fleeing, some imprisoned. The ruling party and some of its allies had challenged the result of the first round of the election that saw the Semilla party briefly suspended.
"This victory belongs to the people of Guatemala and now, united as the Guatemalan people, we will fight against corruption," Arévalo said at a news conference late Sunday evening.
Before the election, voter apathy had reigned in a country where many had become inured to corruption and its backslide toward authoritarianism. Analysts view this win as a chance to short-circuit Guatemala's democratic backslide."...
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