Former first lady Sandra Torres will have to face a run-off in August in Guatemala’s presidential election after a vote on Sunday looked set to pit her against Bernardo Arevalo, another center-left candidate running on an anti-corruption platform. Tackling corruptionOpinion polls ahead of the election had not suggested that Arevalo, an ex-diplomat and son of former president Juan Jose Arevalo, would make the run-off. We came to win the elections,” Arevalo wrote on Twitter as results came in. Preliminary results pointed to a fragmented Congress, however, which could make it hard for the next president to govern. Polls have suggested that the 67-year-old Torres will struggle to win a run-off given her unpopularity in the capital, Guatemala City, home to a high percentage of the electorate.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald June 26, 2023 11:51 UTC