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(Corrects to remove reference in paragraph 19 to Giammattei shutting down CICIG; it was shut by his predecessor Jimmy Morales)

(Reuters) - Polls suggest three Guatemalan presidential hopefuls lead the field to make it through Sunday's election to a second round run-off in August.

By Sofia Menchu and Diego Or (Reuters) - Polls suggest three Guatemalan presidential hopefuls lead the field to make it through Sunday's election to a...

Polls suggest three Guatemalan presidential hopefuls lead the field to make it through Sunday's election to a second round run-off in August.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan first lady Sandra Torres leads her competitors in the Central American countrys presidential race, according to a poll published Thursday by newspaper Prensa Libre, the last before Sundays election.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan first lady Sandra Torres leads her competitors in the Central American countrys presidential race, ...

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala holds a presidential election on Sunday with voters clamoring for a government that can tackle corruption, inflation and violence, though no candidate is expected to secure enough votes to win outright, setting the scene for a run-off.

Guatemala holds a presidential election on Sunday with voters clamoring for a government that can tackle corruption, inflation and violence, though no candidate is expected to secure enough votes to win outright, setting the scene for a run-off. Polling points to a close contest between former first lady Sandra Torres, conservative career diplomat Edmond Mulet and right-winger Zury Rios, daughter of the late dictator Efrain Rios Montt, after one of the favorites was barred from the race. The lea

By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced Jose Zamora, a well-known journalist whose work has criticized successive governments, to six years in prison for money laundering in a case that rights groups have branded an attack on free speech. Zamora has said the case against him is a "political persecution" by Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei due

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced Jose Zamora, a well-known journalist whose work has criticized successive governments, to six years in prison for money laundering in a case rights groups have branded an attack on free speech.