President-elect Bernardo Arévalo, who will take office on January 14, promises to bring much needed structural change to Guatemala, the challenges facing his government are great but so too are the opportunities of a “new spring”.
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Guatemala faces a precarious juncture in its democratic journey. Following the surprising victory of opposition candidate Bernardo Arévalo in the recent