At 40%, turnout for Guatemala’s presidential election was the lowest this century
very bad options. You have to choose the less bad one.” So reckoned Heydee Berrascout, a physiotherapist in designer sunglasses outside a voting booth in a posh suburb of Guatemala City. “You have to pick someone. But I’m not convinced by either of them,” said Oscar Marroquín, a shoe-factory worker across town in the poorer area of Bethania. Rich or poor, many in the capital disliked the candidates in the run-off of Guatemala’s presidential election, on August 11th.
His critics say Mr Giammattei represents the continuation of a shadowy coalition of businessmen, organised crime bosses and military men who have long ruled Guatemala. When campaigning, Mr Giammattei travelled in a helicopter whose licence-plate number is registered to a company co-owned by Luis Francisco Ortega Menaldo, a retired general.
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