Once an underdog in the polls, Bernardo Arévalo, a well-known politician and National Assembly member of Guatemala, has now emerged as a major surprise in the Guatemalan electoral scene. Arévalo, also a sociologist and philosophy doctorate holder, unexpectedly challenged Sandra Torres, the candidate from the National Unity of Hope (UNE), defeating her in the second […]
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