GUATEMALA: New government, same challenges

CENTRAL AMERICA - In Brief 21 Aug 2023 by Fernando Naranjo
On August 20th, Bernardo Arevalo won the runoff presidential election with his party Semilla. He will be sworn as president for a four-year term in January 2024. This was the first time Arevalo, 64, fought for the presidency, which he achieved by beating former first lady Sandra Torres. Torres (67) was candidate for the third time. Arevalo was able to build a majority of votes for the runoff, after finishing second in the June 25th first round. Guatemala: Presidential Election. Source: Guatemala's Electoral Council Arevalo will replace the unpopular right-wing president, Alejandro Giammattei. Guatemalans have high expectations with Arevalo's administration. He will have to address several challenges that limit Guatemala's growth, for example, corruption, and impunity and lack of private investment, insecurity, high poverty, among others. Despite being an outsider of the political scenario, Arevalo will need to make alliances with traditional parties to make many of the changes promised in campaign. His party only controls 23 of the 160 seats in Congress. The elected president said on Sunday night that his administration will stop persecution of government employees and people focusing on fighting corruption, human rights and protecting the environment.

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