Bernardo Arévalo sworn in as Guatemala's President despite months of efforts to derail inauguration.

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Bernardo Arévalo sworn as Guatemala’s new president, Argentina’s Javier Milei makes his Davos debut, and why Brazil’s Spotify Wrapped is a regional outlier.Arevalo is the son of reformist Juan Jose Arevalo, who in 1945 became Guatemala's first democratically elected president after decades of dictatorship. The chess-playing, jazz-loving polyglot is facing a tricky task ruling Guatemala.


      Mr. Arévalo takes office with expectations of confronting Guatemala’s entrenched corruption

      Bernardo Arévalo has been sworn in as President of Guatemala. His ascension to the top office in the country was fraught with difficulty as the ruling class sought to reverse his victory.

      He ran on an anti-corruption mandate, which many believe is what caused his opponents to fight against his victory.

 

     


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