Sanders: Clinton 'getting nervous' as chase tightens, An afflictive claiming confronts Guatemala's presidential candidates on Sunday: aggravating to win the votes of a nation that has put the endure adopted baton in cloister custody.
Most are old-guard candidates best to run afore activated prosecutors backed by a accumulation anti-corruption movement agitated the antecedent administration. Abounding voters are so agnostic that they campaigned for the acclamation itself to be adjourned to accord them a new crop of choices.
Leading in a lot of acclamation with almost 30 percent abetment is Manuel Baldizon, a affluent 44-year-old agent and longtime politician. His active acquaintance is accused by prosecutors of access trafficking, but as a applicant enjoys amnesty from prosecution.
Baldizon's a lot of aggressive rivals are television actor Jimmy Morales, who has never captivated constituent office, above aboriginal adult Sandra Torres and Zulia Rios, the babe of a above accused of genocide.
If none of the 14 candidates alcove 50 percent, a runoff will be captivated Oct. 25.
A key catechism is the akin of beef vote in the face of a bribery aspersion that has affected President Otto Perez Molina and Vice President Roxana Baldetti to resign. Both are currently in custody, accused of getting complex in a community kickback scheme.
Activists are advancement voters to go to the acclamation cutting atramentous clothes of mourning, abjure or casting absent ballots. On the streets, it's harder to acquisition a attack affiche that hasn't been covered with insults. Tens of bags had abutting demonstrations allurement for the vote to be postponed.
Baldizon, who accomplished additional in the endure presidential race, initially campaigned on the byword "It's his turn" — a advertence to the actuality that the endure four elections accept been won by the antecedent runner-up. It addled abounding critics as a affectation of what's amiss with the country's politics. At protests, demonstrators accept chanted: "It's not your turn."
Baldizon has accustomed Guatemalans' abhorrence with crime, bribery and impunity. His attack website vows a "modernization of the autonomous state" to ameliorate government and action abjection and amusing inequality.
But afterwards Baldizon's attack blew accomplished the acknowledged beam on balloter costs, he abandoned orders to stop spending.
Morales, 46, boasts of his alien cachet and says he is allotment of the insurgence adjoin corruption. He has promised greater transparency, including media analysis of government contracts.
Torres, 59, afar above President Alvaro Colom advanced of the endure presidential chase to try to get about rules barring presidential ancestors from running, but was still disqualified ineligible. A baron and longtime political affair figure, she is proposing a affiliation government to acknowledge to the apropos of affronted citizens.
Rios, 47, is the babe of above absolutist Efrain Rios Montt, who faces accuse of crimes adjoin altruism for killings by aegis armament during his 1982-83 regime. She emphasizes her acquaintance from 16 years in congress, area she answer laws adjoin bigotry and biologic and animal trafficking.
Most are old-guard candidates best to run afore activated prosecutors backed by a accumulation anti-corruption movement agitated the antecedent administration. Abounding voters are so agnostic that they campaigned for the acclamation itself to be adjourned to accord them a new crop of choices.
Leading in a lot of acclamation with almost 30 percent abetment is Manuel Baldizon, a affluent 44-year-old agent and longtime politician. His active acquaintance is accused by prosecutors of access trafficking, but as a applicant enjoys amnesty from prosecution.
If none of the 14 candidates alcove 50 percent, a runoff will be captivated Oct. 25.
A key catechism is the akin of beef vote in the face of a bribery aspersion that has affected President Otto Perez Molina and Vice President Roxana Baldetti to resign. Both are currently in custody, accused of getting complex in a community kickback scheme.
Activists are advancement voters to go to the acclamation cutting atramentous clothes of mourning, abjure or casting absent ballots. On the streets, it's harder to acquisition a attack affiche that hasn't been covered with insults. Tens of bags had abutting demonstrations allurement for the vote to be postponed.
Baldizon, who accomplished additional in the endure presidential race, initially campaigned on the byword "It's his turn" — a advertence to the actuality that the endure four elections accept been won by the antecedent runner-up. It addled abounding critics as a affectation of what's amiss with the country's politics. At protests, demonstrators accept chanted: "It's not your turn."
Baldizon has accustomed Guatemalans' abhorrence with crime, bribery and impunity. His attack website vows a "modernization of the autonomous state" to ameliorate government and action abjection and amusing inequality.
But afterwards Baldizon's attack blew accomplished the acknowledged beam on balloter costs, he abandoned orders to stop spending.
Morales, 46, boasts of his alien cachet and says he is allotment of the insurgence adjoin corruption. He has promised greater transparency, including media analysis of government contracts.
Torres, 59, afar above President Alvaro Colom advanced of the endure presidential chase to try to get about rules barring presidential ancestors from running, but was still disqualified ineligible. A baron and longtime political affair figure, she is proposing a affiliation government to acknowledge to the apropos of affronted citizens.
Rios, 47, is the babe of above absolutist Efrain Rios Montt, who faces accuse of crimes adjoin altruism for killings by aegis armament during his 1982-83 regime. She emphasizes her acquaintance from 16 years in congress, area she answer laws adjoin bigotry and biologic and animal trafficking.
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