FILE PHOTO: Guatemala's President-elect Alejandro Giammattei speaks during a news conference in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 13, 2020. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's new president takes office on Tuesday under pressure from the Trump administration on immigration and security and must decide his government's stance quickly on a U.S. asylum agreement he previously opposed.
A conservative former surgeon and ex-prison chief, Alejandro Giammattei, 63, ran for top office three times before his victory in an August runoff on a tough-on-crime platform that included returning the death penalty.
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