CIA Blocked Father of Newly Elected Guatemalan President From Coming Into Power in the Early 1960s

Will They Try to Make Life Difficult for His Son? On August 20, Bernardo Arévalo was elected president of Guatemala, defeating conservative Sandra Torres. An anti-graft crusader, Arévalo has promised to root out corruption and create a large public jobs program by improving services like water sanitation. Political analyst Edgar Ortiz Romero called Arévalo “the […]
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