Anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo won Guatemala's presidency in a landslide, but now he faces what's widely considered to be election interference.
Before Guatemala’s presidential election, candidate Bernardo Arévalo didn't think he had much of a chance. “Don’t worry,' he told his wife. 'It’ll be over and we’ll have time for ourselves again.' Arévalo, whose center-left party had coaxed him into running, had never had strong political aspirations and was polling badly. A former diplomat and peacemaking expert, he was already talking with prospective employers about postelection jobs.
They were “reaching across a divide,” he said, “something I’ve dedicated a lot of time to.” :: Arévalo's political party, Semilla, started in 2014 as a small gathering of seasoned academics discussing what they saw as the troubled state of democracy in Guatemala. Younger members joined as a corruption scandal forced President Otto Pérez Molina to resign the following year, and they debated whether to become a political party. Arévalo was opposed.
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