How outsider Arevalo won the presidency in Guatemala
However, the bespectacled 64-year-old sociologist pulled off a massive upset by sweeping to victory in Sunday's election, a win seen as a stinging rebuke to a corrupt ruling elite. AFP takes a look at the keys to his shock win: Hope in the face of corruption Graft has seeped into the highest level of government in Guatemala, rated among the 30 most corrupt countries in the world by Transparency International. "State institutions have been co-opted by political and economic elites and organized crime... Читать дальше...