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Guatemala body certifies Arévalo's presidential victory but his party is suspended

Guatemalan president-elect Bernardo Arévalo at the Plaza Central in Guatemala City on August 16, 2023. © Cristina Chiquin, Reuters

Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Monday declared progressive Bernardo Arévalo the winner of the country’s presidential election, shortly after another government body suspended his Seed Movement party.

No Guatemalan officials have explained exactly what the suspension by the electoral registry will mean for the president elect, who is to take office on Jan. 14, or for the Seed Movement lawmakers elected in the first round of voting in June.

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