The progressive leader prevailed in the second round of the elections in his country with more than 58% of the votes.
The Guatemalan progressive politician born in Uruguay, Bernardo Arevaloprevailed with more than 58% in the elections presidential of Guatemala by defeating her political adversary in the second round, the former first lady Sandra Torresleader of the Conservative Party National Unity of Hope.
Arevalo, party leader Seed Movementborn in Montevideo on October 7, 1958 during a long exile of his parents for Latin America. his father, Juan Jose Arevalowas president of Guatemala between 1945 and 1951, and left his country after the 1954 coup, which ended with the overthrow of the former president Jacobo Arbenz.
The president-elect stopped living in Uruguay when he was less than two years old, and his childhood passed between Venezuela, Mexicoand Chiliuntil finally it came to Guatemala when I was 15 years old.
Arévalo’s place of origin was questioned by his political rivals, and he had to suffer a false news campaign against him, where it was stated that he could not be elected president for this reason.
Along these lines, his rival in the runoff, Sandra Torres, belittled Arévalo, saying that he was “the Uruguayan citizen” with whom he would compete in the second round.
This Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (MRREE) sent his congratulations to the Guatemalan president-elect, and assured that he “hopes to continue deepening the historic relations of friendship and cooperation that unite both nations.”
Mujica greeted Bernardo Arévalo before the second round
The ex-president Jose Mujica, sent a video greeting Bernardo Arévalo before the runoff last Sunday. The Guatemalan thanked the former president for his “words of encouragement.”
In his message, Mujica assured that he does not know Arévalo, but that he wanted to greet him because “he is a militant sociologist with extensive experience in public affairs and committed to the fate of the long-suffering Guatemalan people.”
“From the south and on behalf of my compatriots, my colleagues, social fighters, all of us who seek to mitigate the differences that exist in terms of equality in our societies, I want to dedicate luck to you,” Mujica concluded.
Source: Ambito
