#ProgressiveWave: #Voters chose Arévalo pledging to fight #corruption that has eroded the country’s #institutions and entrenched massive levels of #inequality and #poverty as the most #progressive #Guatemalan leader since Jacobo #Árbenz, who was ousted in a U.S.-sponsored #coup in 1954.
#Jan6: The question now is whether Arévalo will be permitted to take office.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/anti-corruption-advocate-bernardo-arevalo-wins-presidency-in-guatemala/

Anti-Corruption Advocate Bernardo Arévalo Wins Presidency in Guatemala - Truthdig
"The force of this victory is going to make it clear that there is no place for the attempts to derail the electoral process," Arévalo said following his win.
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