Factbox: Guatemalan former first lady, surgeon in run-off for presidency


  • World
  • Sunday, 11 Aug 2019

A man runs in front of a campaign signs for Sandra Torres, presidential candidate for the National Unity of Hope (UNE), ahead of the second round run-off vote, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, August 10, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalans on Sunday vote in a second round run-off election for a new president who is likely to face a major challenge coping with a deal signed with Washington in July to turn the country into a buffer zone to stem migration.

Denied the chance to vote for some popular candidates excluded from the race, voters have struggled to warm to two veteran campaigners competing to lead the poor, violence-plagued Central American country for a four-year term.

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