Guatemala progressive presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo took a commanding lead in preliminary results over former first lady Sandra Torres in an election where frustrated voters demanded change from corrupt politics.
With about 70 per cent of ballots counted, Arevalo led with 59 per cent to Torres 36 per cent of the vote.Outsider Bernardo Arevalo appeared to be the "virtual winner" of Sunday's election to be Guatemala's next president after voters became angry at widespread corruption and leaders' failure to tackle it.
President Alejandro Giammattei congratulated Arevalo in a tweet on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. He invited Arevalo to begin an orderly transition the day after the results are certified. But moves to drag the electoral process into the courts after the first round of voting in June led many Guatemalans to wonder what was to come between Sunday's results and the transfer of power Jan. 14.
The 42-year-old tractor-trailer driver said he hoped Guatemala's powerful would respect the will of the voters. He wants someone to tackle corruption and improve education and the economy. Without those things, Guatemalans will continue to migrate to the U.S. like two of his co-workers recently had. The 25-year-old student lives in Villa Nueva, a gritty hillside suburb above the capital. Thieves and gangs that extort businesses and kill those who don't pay roam its cratered streets. Gonzalez said she has had the possessions she carried stolen multiple times, making her nervous to venture out alone.
Earlier in the day, residents of Santo Domingo Xenacoj lined up to vote at the local primary school in the mountains about an hour west of the capital. The Volcano of Fire puffed in the distance as men in jackets and women in traditional embroidered blouses wrapped in shawls against the chill came out to vote.
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