By Brendan O'Boyle (Reuters) - Bernardo Arevalo, the surprise frontrunner in Guatemala's presidential election, is promising to revive a stalled ...
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"We need to turn the page," Arevalo said in a debate on Monday, promising to bring the country"out of the swamp of corruption." "The first, most important item on agenda is the fight against corruption," said Samuel Perez Alvarez, Semilla's leader in congress. Arevalo nearly met a similar fate when a prosecutor persuaded a court to suspend Semilla after June's first-round vote, threatening to sideline his bid. Guatemala's top court later reversed the ban.
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