Indigenous leader of Guatemalan protests says they are defending democracy after election

One of the leaders of the nationwide protests against efforts to undermine Guatemala's elections that have paralyzed much of the country's commerce for nearly two weeks is a young one-time law student who now heads up one of the country's most important Indigenous organizations.

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