Torres Casanova News Today

Guatemala City, Aug 20 (EFE).- Progressive academic Bernardo Arévalo de León, of the Movimiento Semilla (“Seed Movement”), was elected Guatemala’s new president after beating former first lady Sandra Torres Casanova in the runoff on Sunday. With 90 percent of the votes counted, 64-year-old Arévalo de León had secured a total of 2.2 million ballots, or …

Uruguayan-born Bernardo Arévalo de León of the center-left Semilla (Seed) Movement, a sociologist with a PhD in Philosophy and also the son of a former head of state, will become Guatemalas next president after Sundays landslide at the runoff victory over former First Lady Sandra Torres Casanova of the National Unity of Hope (UNE)

Guatemala City, Aug 20 (EFE).- Polling centers in Guatemala opened Sunday for the second round of presidential elections. The candidates vying for the presidency are the winner of the first round held on June 25, the conservative Sandra Torres Casanova of the National Unity of Hope (UNE), and the second placed candidate, the progressive Bernardo …

Guatemala City, Jul 18 (EFE).- Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (SET) on Tuesday again told the public ministry (prosecutor’s office) that it will not suspend the Movimiento Semilla party led by presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo de León after a new move against the group. The public ministry was informed in a document delivered by the SET …