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Nov 2023
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In Guatemala, will a new presidency be e...

Al Jazeera
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Guatemalans have elected Bernardo Arévalo as their next president. His promise is to fight poverty, corruption and to improve governance in the country. But now, his supporters say Guatemala’s ruling class is trying to prevent Arévalo from taking office in January. So, why has the tide turned on newly elected Arévalo, and will his presidency be over before it even begins?

In this episode: 

  • John Holman (@johnholman100), Al Jazeera Correspondent
  • Jose Carlos Zamora (@jczamora), Journalist - Son of Jose Ruben Zamora

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Fahrinisa Campana, Sarí el-Khalili, and our host Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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