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By Sofia Menchu and Dave Graham GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalans fed up with persistent graft scandals on Sunday catapulted an unheralded anti-c...

Bernardo Arévalo will face off for presidency against Sandra Torres, a veteran politician who has faced corruption accusations

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemalans fed up with persistent graft scandals on Sunday catapulted an unheralded anti-corruption candidate into a run-off for the presidency, raising hopes of a renewed drive to clean up the government after years of frustration. Bernardo Arevalo, an ex-diplomat and son of former president Juan Jose Arevalo, defied poll forecasts to finish as runner-up in the first round of voting in Guatemala's presidential election, throwing a major surprise into what had been written off as a stale election between establishment politicians. Arevalo, 64, is the standard-...

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemalans fed up with persistent graft scandals on Sunday catapulted an unheralded anti-corruption candidate into a run-off for the presidency, raising hopes of a renewed drive to clean up the government after years of frustration.

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