{"id":18834,"date":"2023-06-26T09:28:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T16:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=18834"},"modified":"2023-06-26T09:28:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T16:28:14","slug":"second-round-of-elections-in-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/second-round-of-elections-in-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandra Torres and Bernardo Ar\u00e9valo will face each other in a second electoral round in Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image: Twitter @BArevalodeLeon Twitter @SandraTorresGUA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With more than 98 percent of the ballots computed, a second electoral round in Guatemala is certain to choose who will be the next president of the Republic for the next 6 years, after no contestant has gathered 50 percent of the votes. votes plus 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two candidates who managed to advance to the second round were the former first lady of the center right, Sandra Torres<\/a>, with 15.78 percent of the computed votes exercised yesterday, Sunday, June 25, when the general elections were held.<\/span><\/p>\n

The second to advance was a surprise for many, as he was not emerging as one of the favorites in terms of the Guatemalan voting intention. Thus, Bernardo Arevalo<\/a>, from the leftist Movimiento Semilla party is placed with 11.80 percent of the votes computed.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Preliminary Electoral Results, issued by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala<\/a>, citizen participation in this Sunday's elections was 59.99 percent, who cast 5 million 499 thousand 963 valid votes.<\/span><\/p>\n

The summary shows that, of the votes cast, 4 million 158 thousand 536 \u201275.61 percent\u2012 were valid, while 385 thousand 014 \u20127.0 percent\u2012 were blank, and 956 thousand 413 \u201217.38\u2012 were invalid.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, they have specified that the count resulted in 63,408 invalid votes and 4,138 challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n

It should be noted that the electoral authorities contemplate an abstentionism of 40 percent, where three million 667 thousand 394 of those registered to cast their votes did not.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, civil and human rights organizations reported the problems that many had in accessing or being able to cast their vote peacefully.<\/span><\/p>\n

The final fight begins<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0"We are going to win, against whoever," warned Sandra Torres Casanova, early Monday morning. The former first lady and who today heads the list for the second round of elections, scheduled for August 20, already knows the way; it is enough to remember that four years ago, in the 2019 elections, she succumbed in the second round to the current president, Alejandro Giammattei.<\/span><\/p>\n

Previously, in 2015, Torres Casanova lost in the second round against comedian Jimmy Morales, president between 2016 and 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Given this, Sandra Torres hopes that the third time will be the charm and manage to inhabit the famous Casa Crema.<\/span><\/p>\n

The task will not be easy. Although he did not position himself as the second in line, yesterday's elections clearly showed that the leftist Bernardo Ar\u00e9valo de Le\u00f3n, known as "Uncle Bernie" and leader of the Semilla Movement, has gained great strength in the Central American country, using urban areas as his base of strength.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some call him the anti-corruption deputy, and he has focused his campaign on the fight for justice and social awareness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ar\u00e9valo de Le\u00f3n is also no stranger to the country's highest office, as he is the son of Juan Jos\u00e9 Ar\u00e9valo Bermejo, considered one of the best presidents in the history \u20121945-1951\u2012 of the Central American country.<\/span><\/p>\n

The candidate is a deputy and head of the Semilla faction in Congress, where with only five parliamentarians they have sought to fight and oppose the ruling party.<\/span><\/p>\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong> Patronage and Vote Hauling in General Elections in Guatemala<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Con m\u00e1s del 98 por ciento de las boletas computadas, es segura una segunda vuelta electoral en Guatemala para elegir qui\u00e9n ser\u00e1 la o el pr\u00f3ximo presidente de la Rep\u00fablica por los siguientes 6 a\u00f1os, ello luego de que ning\u00fan contendiente reuniera el 50 por ciento de los votos m\u00e1s 1. Los dos candidatos que […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cover","8":"category-usworld"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18837,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18834\/revisions\/18837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}