Bernardo Arevalo was finally sworn in overnight as Guatemala s president after the ceremony was delayed for over nine hours Sunday, capping months of judicial machinations to block the anti-corruption crusader
Guatemala City, Guatemala – Growing up, Joaquina Perez says her mother always told her that Juan Jose Arevalo was the country’s best president, as he ushered in progressive reforms into the Central American country between 1945 and 1950. Decades later, the 63-year-old was filled with excitement as she travelled 193km (120 miles) from her home in the city of Retalhuleu in the country’s southwest with others from the local pro-democracy movement to see the former president’s son, Bernardo Arevalo,
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