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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Phillips

Guatemala prosecutor suspends party of anti-corruption election candidate

Bernardo Arévalo stepping out of a car
Bernardo Arévalo’s Movimiento Semilla party has had its legal status suspended. Photograph: Johan Ordóñez/AFP/Getty Images

Guatemala’s presidential election has been thrown into confusion after the country’s top prosecutor moved to suspend the party of a centre-left anti-corruption candidate who unexpectedly made it to the second round and officials from the attorney general’s office raided the headquarters of the electoral authority.

Observers had voiced fears that the Central American country’s political establishment might try to force Bernardo Arévalo from August’s runoff after he unexpectedly came second in last month’s vote.

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