{"id":2007743,"date":"2023-08-22T04:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T08:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guatemala-election-bidens-dream-leader-bernardo-arevalo-rides-anti-graft-wave-to-power\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T04:13:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T08:13:21","slug":"guatemala-election-bidens-dream-leader-bernardo-arevalo-rides-anti-graft-wave-to-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guatemala-election-bidens-dream-leader-bernardo-arevalo-rides-anti-graft-wave-to-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemala election: Bernardo Arevalo, Biden&#8217;s favored leader, wins on anti-corruption platform."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fguatemala-election-bidens-dream-leader-bernardo-arevalo-rides-anti-graft-wave-to-power%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Guatemala&#8217;s\u200c Turbulent \u200cElections: A Triumph for\u200b Change<\/h2>\n<p>Guatemala&#8217;s recent elections have concluded with \u2063a resounding \u2063victory\u200d for Bernardo Arevalo, a progressive \u200dformer diplomat. Arevalo&#8217;s anti-corruption platform\u200c tapped into\u2062 the frustration felt towards \u2062a political establishment that had \u2062excluded more\u200d well-known\u2063 candidates \u2063from the ballot.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He was kind\u200b of \u200da \u200cright \u2063guy at the right time,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Dr. Ryan\u2062 Berg, \u200cCenter for\u200b Strategic and International Studies<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite\u2062 being the son of Guatemala&#8217;s first democratically \u2064elected president, Arevalo maintained an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-cox-gov-newsom-using-stimulus-to-buy-his-way-out-of-recall\/\" title=\"John Cox: Gov. Newsom using stimulus to buy his way out of recall\">outsider status<\/a>. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guatemala-election-bidens-dream-leader-bernardo-arevalo-rides-anti-graft-wave-to-power\/\" title=\"Guatemala election: Bernardo Arevalo, Biden's favored leader, wins on anti-corruption platform.\">incumbent powerbrokers seemingly paved<\/a> the way\u200b for former first \u200blady\u200c Sandra Torres, Arevalo emerged as the standard-bearer against what \u200bhe called a &#8220;judicial war of oppression.&#8221; This propelled him from \u200ca weak second-place finish\u2064 in the primary contest to \u200ca resounding victory \u200bon Sunday, securing 58% of \u200dthe\u200c vote.<\/p>\n<p>Arevalo \u2064humbly accepted the \u2064people&#8217;s victory, stating, &#8220;Today we accept with great humility \u2064the victory that the people of Guatemala have given us. The ballots have spoken&#8230; and what the people are shouting \u2062is\u200d &#8216;enough already of the corruption.'&#8221; He emphasized the importance of\u2064 participating \u200din the democratic process and\u200d praised the courage \u200cof every voter.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200btriumph could pose\u200d a threat to \u2062the political and \u200cmafia elites \u200bthat have plagued Guatemala, one of the world&#8217;s most violent countries. Arevalo has pledged to prioritize economic development and\u200b combat\u2062 the cartels \u200dprofiting from the flow\u2062 of\u200d people and drugs towards the United States.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We\u200b are clear that development will\u2064 not come unless you take away corruption from the equation of governance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bernardo Arevalo<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, analysts caution that Arevalo&#8217;s\u200b victory alone is not a cure-all for Guatemala or its relationship\u2063 with the United States. Evan Ellis\u2064 from \u200cthe\u200b U.S. Army War College warns that Arevalo&#8217;s \u2063opposition to the establishment elites may attract support from the far \u200cleft, including those who \u200dseek to\u2063 impose \u200bChavista leftist populism.<\/p>\n<p>Arevalo faces significant opposition\u200c even before his inauguration in January. His opponent&#8217;s political party\u2064 has expressed \u2062doubts about the election results and demanded transparency in \u2063the tabulations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s very \u200cclearly a lot of interests in Guatemala\u2063 that are working to prevent \u200danti-corruption from becoming a major theme of the next administration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Dr. Ryan \u2063Berg<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Arevalo&#8217;s outsider\u2062 status \u2062propelled him to victory, it \u200calso means he lacks a strong network of allies within the political\u2064 system to help implement his \u2064agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these challenges, Arevalo&#8217;s election is \u200cexpected to ignite \u200dthe fight against corruption\u200b in\u200c Guatemala. However, some experts, like Evan Ellis, doubt that it will lead \u200bto a \u2064significant\u200d reduction\u200c in corruption \u2064or\u2062 solve the country&#8217;s underlying problems.<\/p>\n<p>For Arevalo, this election has \u2064galvanized\u2062 the Guatemalan people to\u2062 actively protest against\u2064 corruption. He recognizes \u2064the belief among the\u200d people that they can finally\u200d rid themselves of\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trump-jr-blast-ny-ag-letitia-james-for-political-persecution-this-is-banana-republic-stuff\/\" title=\"Trump, Trump Jr. Blast NY AG Letitia James For \u2018Political Persecution\u2019: \u2018This Is Banana Republic Stuff\u2019\">corrupt political system<\/a> that has\u2063 plagued them for decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guatemala&#8217;s elections saw Bernardo Arevalo, a progressive former diplomat, secure a resounding win. His anti-corruption stance resonated with voters frustrated by the exclusion of more prominent candidates. Dr. Ryan Berg, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, believes Arevalo&#8217;s success was due to his timely alignment with public sentiment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2007744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2007743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}