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Corruption triumphs in Guatemala's presidential election

  • Written by Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings

The two winners in Guatemala’s June 16 presidential vote – former first lady Sandra Torres and former prison director Alejandro Giammattei – will face off in a second round of voting in August.

But already one election loser is clear: Guatemala in its decade-long fight to root out massive government corruption.

Both Torres, who...

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