Guatemalans

Guatemalans Protest Delay of Presidential Inauguration

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GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo waited to be sworn into office Sunday as the old-guard Congress dawdled and delayed the inauguration, sparking angry protests by demonstrators tired of months-long attempts to keep him from taking office. Read More: The History That Makes Guatemala’s Presidential Inauguration a Very Big Deal Supporters who had been … Read more

Voting closes as Guatemalans select new president after a tumultuous electoral season

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GUATEMALA CITY — Polling facilities closed and ballot staff started tallying ballots throughout Guatemala on Sunday night to find out lots of of congressional and native races, however the large presidential discipline was anticipated solely to be narrowed and require a runoff. Whereas some remoted incidents interrupted the vote in some localities, voting appeared to … Read more