Latin America

Guatemala astonishing victory of an anti-corruption presidential candidate

6:11pm August 21, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

In Guatemala, an anti-corruption campaigner has swept to an astonishing victory in the presidential elections there, but will the ruling elite honor Bernardo Arevalo's landslide result?

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Guatemalan presidential candidate for the Semilla party, Bernardo Arévalo, celebrates the results of the presidential runoff election in Guatemala City, on Sunday.

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Guatemala's anti-corruption candidate wins presidency in a landslide vote

1:43pm August 21, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

In Guatemala, an anti-corruption candidate wins the runoff election by a landslide, in a vote that was a critical test of the Central American country's democratic credentials.

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7:57am August 21, 2023

Tropical storm Hilary brings heavy rain to parts of California. An anti-corruption candidate appears to have won Guatemala's presidential runoff. Lawmakers in Tennessee to meet in a special session.

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BRICS group of major emerging economies will hold a summit in Johannesburg

5:04am August 21, 2023

by Philip Reeves

The trade block formerly known as BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — will meet this week with the expansion and the impact of the war in Ukraine high on the agenda.

Anti-corruption candidate wins Guatemala's presidency in a landslide vote

5:04am August 21, 2023

a reformist candidate has beaten the odds and will become president-elect. With nearly 100% of the vote counted, Bernardo Arévalo leads with more than 20 percentage votes.

Bernardo Arevalo, presidential candidate with the Semilla Movement, shows his finger dyed with electoral ink after voting in the run-off presidential election in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023.

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Progressive Arévalo moves to decisive lead in Guatemala's presidential election

11:41pm August 20, 2023

by The Associated Press

Outsider Bernardo Arévalo appeared to be the "virtual winner" of Sunday's election to be Guatemala's next president after voters made a decisive choice for change.

Supporters attend an open-air Mass during the closing campaign rally of the "Movement Construye" party in Quito, Ecuador, on Thursday.

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With heavy police presence, Ecuadorians vote for president without violence

8:27pm August 20, 2023

by The Associated Press

More than 100,000 police and soldiers were deployed to help protect the vote, amid an election that has already seen the assassination of a leading candidate earlier this month.

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Guatemala's presidential elections will be a test for its fragile democracy

9:53am August 20, 2023

In Guatemala's elections Sunday, an establishment candidate is facing off against a challenger who's promising to fight corruption.

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Rival soccer fans in Argentina will now go to jail for tearing the country's currency

8:09am August 19, 2023

by Scott Simon

Soccer fans visiting Argentina have found a creative way to taunt locals by tearing up the country's currency. Now they can face jail time for doing so.

The cover of Daughters of Latin America.

These poems by Latin American women reflect a multilingual region

6:01am August 19, 2023

Sandra Guzmán once heard an alarming statistic: Every 14 days, an Indigenous language dies around the world. So she created a new multilingual project centered on Latin American women.

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