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Ex-Guatemala anti-corruption prosecutor granted asylum in US

The United States government has granted asylum to Guatemala’s former lead anti-corruption prosecutor two years after he was fired and fled the country under threat of arrest

The Independent UK

Guatemalan detainee assaulted at Florida Ice center seeks justice

Multiple assaults, ‘coercion’ and visa denial for Andres Domingo raises concerns of systemic mistreatment in Ice detention centers

The Guardian - US

Guatemalan authorities raid electoral facilities, open boxes of votes

Agents from Guatemala’s Attorney General’s office have opened dozens of boxes of votes and photographed their contents in another raid on facilities of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal

The Independent UK

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Guatemala prosecutor seeks to strop electoral authorities of immunity after election

Guatemala’s prosecutor for electoral crimes has asked the Supreme Court of Justice to strip five magistrates of the country’s top electoral authority of their immunity so they can be investigated on fraud allegations made by the loser of the Aug. 20 election

The Independent UK

Guatemala's electoral authority blocks the suspension of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo's party

Guatemala’s top electoral authority says that it has blocked the suspension of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s Seed Movement, at least temporarily giving the party back its legal status and cutting off an attempt by rials to weaken Arévalo

The Independent UK

OAS says legal actions in Guatemala appear aimed at keeping president-elect from taking power

The head of the Organization of American States' election observation mission to Guatemala has told the regional body that actions taken by Guatemala’s justice system against the Seed Movement party of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo appear to be aimed at preventing him from taking power

The Independent UK

Guatemala’s anti-corruption election winner offering hope to a region

An anti-corruption campaigner and son of the country’s former president has won an “impossible” election victory in Guatemala, in what onlookers hope is a watershed moment for democracy in the beleaguered region.

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Guatemala's president-elect faces legal challenges that seek to weaken him. Here's what's happening

Guatemala's Aug. 20 presidential election has been bogged down in court and legal challenges despite the fact the results were clear: Progressive candidate Bernardo Arévalo won about 61% of the vote to conservative Sandra Torres' 39%

The Independent UK

Party of Guatemala's president-elect appeals its suspension, calling it illegal

The party of Guatemala’s president-elect Bernardo Arévalo has appealed to the country’s top electoral authority to lift a suspension by a lower election agency

The Independent UK

Guatemala body certifies Arévalo's presidential victory but his party is suspended

Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Monday declared progressive Bernardo Arévalo the winner of the country’s presidential election, shortly after another government body suspended his Seed Movement party.

France 24

Guatemala's electoral registry has suspended the party of the presidential election winner

Guatemala’s electoral registry has suspended the Seed Movement, the party of Bernardo Arévalo, the progressive candidate who won Guatemala’s presidential elections this month

The Independent UK

Candidate who lost Guatemala's presidential election files complaint alleging voter fraud

The party of former first lady Sandra Torres, who lost Guatemala’s presidential election this week, has filed a complaint alleging fraud in the way the votes were counted

The Independent UK

OAS human rights body demands protection for apparent Guatemalan election winner amid plot rumors

The Organization of American States' human rights commission is asking Guatemala to provide protection for Bernardo Arévalo, the winner of the country's Aug. 20 elections, after reports emerged of a possible plot to kill him

The Independent UK

Allies say Guatemala election winner is a highly qualified peacebuilder, but opponent's still silent

Bernardo Arévalo’s experience in peacebuilding and diplomacy eminently qualify him to lead Guatemala as the conflict-riven country’s next president, those who know him say

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Up First briefing: Tropical Storm Hilary; Guatemala election; indoor air quality tips

Hilary drenches Southern California, flooding roads and closing schools. An anti-corruption crusader wins the presidency in Guatemala. Plus, how to optimize your air quality at home.

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Anti-graft candidate Arevalo wins Guatemala’s presidency but faces legal challenge

A progressive from outside Guatemala’s power structure was resoundingly elected the country’s next president Sunday in a reprimand to the governing elite over widespread allegations of corruption.

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

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.

The Independent UK

Guatemala elects progressive Arévalo as president, but efforts afoot to keep him from taking office

A progressive from outside Guatemala’s power structure was resoundingly elected the country’s next president Sunday in a reprimand to the governing elite over widespread allegations of corruption

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

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.

The Independent UK

Guatemalans head to the polls, hoping their new leader will bring real change

Guatemalans will elect a new president Sunday after a tumultuous campaign, hoping that the country’s next leader will provide relief from rising prices and get a handle on crime and corruption

The Guardian - US

Guatemala elections to serve as crucial test for democracy in Central America

Polls show centre-left anti-corruption candidate has the lead as Sunday’s vote takes place against backdrop of smear campaigns

The Independent UK

Guatemala court permanently blocks suspension of Seed Movement party ahead of Sunday's election

Guatemala’s Supreme Court of Justice has granted a permanent injunction to the party of progressive presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo

The Guardian - UK

‘Fighting a huge monster’: mine battle in Guatemala became a playbook for polluters

Indigenous defenders opposing the Marlin mine were criminalised by a corporation and its state allies

The Independent UK

An 11-year-old warned about a mysterious stranger before her rape and murder. Now her father needs justice

Authorities in Pasadena have launched a manhunt to find the killer of the 11-year-old girl, who immigrated from Guatemala with her father four years ago. Andrea Blanco reports

The Independent UK

Guatemalans to choose between political veteran, surprise outsider in presidential runoff

Guatemalans will select a new president Sunday between former first lady Sandra Torres in her third bid for the presidency and Bernardo Arévalo, son of ex-President Juan José Arévalo

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