Presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo speaks during a press conference after preliminary results showed him the victor in a presidential run-off election in Guatemala City, Sunday, August 20, 2023
BERNARDO AREVALO took Guatemala’s presidency by a landslide on Sunday.
The leftwinger was elected in what looks to be a reprimand for the right-wing governing elite of the country by a population that wants to see an end to widespread corruption in the Central American country.
Mr Arevalo garnered an impressive 58 per cent of the vote against 37 per cent won by former first lady Sandra Torres, who was making her third bid for the presidency.
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