Tag: Sandra Torres

• Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 07:47 UTC

  Bernardo Arevalo, with total support from US, confirmed as Guatemala's next president

  

  Guatemala's Supreme Electoral Tribunal reaffirmed center-left candidate Bernardo Arevalo's victory in the strongly disputed presidential election. Arevalo's victory received strong support from the United States State Department and the Organization of American States, OAS.

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:25 UTC

  Uruguayan-born Bernardo Arévalo de León wins Guatemalan elections

  

  Uruguayan-born Bernardo Arévalo de León of the center-left Semilla (Seed) Movement, a sociologist with a PhD in Philosophy and also the son of a former head of state, will become Guatemala's next president after Sunday's landslide at the runoff victory over former First Lady Sandra Torres Casanova of the National Unity of Hope (UNE)

• Monday, July 3rd 2023 - 07:25 UTC

  Guatemala highest court suspends election results and orders a new recount, EU, US, OAS complain

  

  Following complaints of irregularities from right-wing parties, Guatemala’s highest judicial court ordered the suspension of election results on Sunday triggering doubts about the election process and generating concern from the EU, US, and OAS.

• Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 10:32 UTC

  Torres and Arévalo to clash in Guatemalan runoff

  

  Former First Lady Sandra Torres will take on Congressman Bernardo Arévalo in the Aug. 20 presential runoff in Guatemala following Sunday's elections, according to preliminary data from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE).

• Monday, June 26th 2023 - 09:08 UTC

  At least 31 arrested in controversial Guatemalan elections

  

  At least 31 people were arrested Sunday during Guatemala's presidential elections, which have left no winning candidate and hence the need to hold a runoff in August, according to preliminary reports.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  Total vote recount ordered in Guatemala's Sunday presidential election

  

  Guatemala will hold a total vote recount after fraud allegations in the wake of last Sunday's presidential and legislative elections, the country's Supreme Electoral Court announced on Thursday.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2015 - 07:55 UTC

  Comedian cowboy who wanted to become president, finally makes it in Guatemala

  

  Comedian Jimmy Morales won a landslide victory in Guatemala's presidential race Sunday despite having no political experience, after a campaign upended by a corruption scandal that felled the outgoing president. Morales, a comic actor and TV personality, declared victory after election officials released the resounding results: 68% of the vote for the conservative candidate to 32% for former first lady Sandra Torres.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2015 - 09:09 UTC

  Guatemalan runoff on 25 October between a comedian and a former first lady

  

  Guatemalan officials confirmed Tuesday that comedian and surprise presidential frontrunner Jimmy Morales will face former first lady Sandra Torres in a run-off on October 25. The announcement capped a dramatic first-round vote rocked by the outgoing president's resignation and arrest on corruption charges, and a down-to-the-wire battle for the second spot in the run-off.

• Tuesday, September 8th 2015 - 05:39 UTC

  Guatemala: Cowboy “Neto” leads on promises to clean the town of corruption

  

  A comedian who played a simpleton cowboy who almost became president emerged Monday as the man to beat in Guatemala's presidential race amid disgust over a corruption scandal that felled the outgoing incumbent.

• Monday, April 11th 2011 - 05:40 UTC

  Guatemala’s First Couple ‘team’ ready for September’s presidential election

  

  A Guatemalan judge granted the country’s First Couple divorce petition thus opening the way for First Lady Sandra Torres to run in September’s presidential election for which her husband President Alvaro Colom is barred under constitutional rule.