'The force of this victory is going to make it clear that there is no place for the attempts to derail the electoral process,' Arévalo said in his victory speech.
to have uncovered evidence that more than 5,000 signatures for the party's campaign were unlawfully obtained.
While Guatemala's Supreme Electoral Tribunal ultimately rejected Curruchiche's effort, citing laws preventing the suspension of political parties during the election process, the court's rulingAllan Nairn, an American investigative journalist who has covered Guatemala for decades,before Sunday's election that in the case of an Arévalo victory, Guatemala's conservative elites "have made it clear that they will do what's needed to prevent" him from taking...
"Merely winning the vote will not be enough; to take office he must first win big, and then many thousands will have to be ready to take to the streets if circumstances demand," Nairn added.
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