Pep Guardiola described Manchester City’s 3-1 victory over Copenhagen in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie as “perfect” but the result came at a cost with injuries to Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva. City extended their unbeaten run in Europe to 21 matches and made it 11 consecutive wins in all competitions … Read more
GUATEMALA CITY — GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in early Monday as Guatemala’s new president. Many doubted they would ever see the day as powerful interests aligned against his anti-corruption campaign and authorities threw various legal challenges at him and his party. Arévalo is now president, but those disputes will continue and … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave GUATEMALA CITY — The inauguration of a reformist president, Bernardo Arévalo, was delayed for hours on Sunday because of last-minute congressional wrangling, threatening a political crisis just as one of the hemisphere’s most notoriously corrupt nations had seemed to be turning a corner. Spain’s King Felipe VI, … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave After a reform-minded professor won the presidency of Guatemala — one of the Western Hemisphere’s most notoriously corrupt countries — governments around the world watched the fallout with alarm. Guatemalan authorities seized ballot boxes on dubious claims of fraud. They tried to dissolve the party of the … Read more
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves on Wednesday welcomed Guatemala’s President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and offered his country’s full support as the elected leader continues to face legal challenges from prosecutors who attempt to derail his inauguration. During a welcoming ceremony in the capital, San Jose, Arévalo personally invited Chaves to his … Read more
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala’s Attorney General’s office formally requested Friday that President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and others be stripped of their immunity so it can investigate them for allegedly encouraging the student occupation of the country’s only public university. Cultural Heritage prosecutor Ángel Saúl Sánchez had announced on Thursday that he planned to make the request … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment GUATEMALA CITY — A political outsider who’s vowed to battle corruption surged into the lead in polls going into Sunday’s presidential election in Guatemala — a vote that would mark a turning level for a nation with a faltering democracy. The massive query as Guatemalans solid ballots on Sunday wasn’t simply … Read more