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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo waited to be sworn into office Sunday as the old-guard Congress dawdled and delayed the inauguration, sparking angry protests by demonstrators tired of months-long attempts to keep him
Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arevalo waited to be sworn into office Sunday as the old-guard Congress dawdled and delayed the inauguration, sparking angry protests by demonstrators tired of months-long attempts to keep him from taking office.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as Guatemala’s president on Monday minutes after midnight despite months of efforts to derail his inauguration, including foot-dragging and rising tensions right up until the transfer of power.
The months leading up to anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo’s inauguration have been marred by prosecutorial attempts to impede him from taking office.