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Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping’s regime intends to persuade Guatemala to cut ties with Taiwan as part of a sustained effort to isolate the island democracy and enhance Beijing’s geopolitical clout in Central America.
Guatemala’s turbulent elections ended in a sweeping victory for a progressive former diplomat Bernardo Arevalo, whose anti-corruption platform harnessed anger at a political establishment that barred better-known candidates from the ballot.