GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s supreme electoral tribunal on Monday ratified the victory of center-left candidate Bernardo Arevalo in the Central American country’s presidential election following a tense campaign that had plunged the process into uncertainty.
Arevalo, a 64-year-old ex-diplomat and son of a former president, resoundingly won an Aug. 20 second round run-off after prosecutors had earlier threatened to bar his party Semilla from the election, prompting international outcry.
(Reporting by Sofia Menchu; Writing by Carolina Pulice)
