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Hello, this is Michelle. The election of Bernardo Arevalo as Guatemala's new president has been called the beginning of a democratic spring for the Central American country. Two anti-graft figures in exile temper expectations and caution that rooting out deeply engrained corruption will not be easy for the new leader.

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Michelle Langrand

13.03.2024


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Guatemalan ex-prosecutor Juan Francisco Sandoval and ex-human rights ombudsman Jordán Rodas at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, 5 March 2024. (Geneva Solutions/Michelle Langrand)

‘A mix of hope, expectation and realism’: Guatemala’s anti-graft figures see uphill battle for new leader. As pro-democracy leader Bernardo Arevalo begins a four-year term as Guatemala’s president, exiled anti-corruption figures Jordan Rodas and Juan Francisco Sandoval warn that corruption is still deeply entrenched in the country’s institutions.

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