Guatemalans rally on behalf of president-elect, demonstrating a will to defend democracy

Guatemalans rally on behalf of president-elect, demonstrating a will to defend democracy

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Protests by thousands of Guatemalans this week supporting President-elect Bernardo Arevalo suggest that the efforts by some officials to derail his presidency have awakened a new will among many citizens to defend democracy.

Guatemalans rally on behalf of president-elect, demonstrating a will to defend democracy

Protests by thousands of Guatemalans this week supporting President-elect Bernardo Arévalo suggest that the efforts by some officials to derail his presidency have awakened a new will among many citizens to defend democracy

Guatemalans rally on behalf of president-elect, demonstrating a will to defend democracy

Protests by thousands of Guatemalans this week supporting President-elect Bernardo Arévalo suggest that the efforts by some officials to derail his presidency have awakened a new will among many citizens to defend democracy.Public displays rejecting machinations by the attorney general’s office had been modest in the month since Arévalo’s resounding victory. But on Monday, thousands marched peacefully through the capital’s streets and on Tuesday…

Guatemalans rally on behalf of president-elect, demonstrating a will to defend democracy

Protests by thousands of Guatemalans this week supporting President-elect Bernardo Arévalo suggest that the efforts by some officials to derail his presidency have awakened a new will among many citizens to defend democracy.Public displays rejecting machinations by the attorney general’s office had been modest in the month since Arévalo’s resounding victory. But on Monday, thousands marched peacefully through the capital’s streets and on Tuesday…

Guatemalans rally on behalf of president-elect, demonstrating a will to defend democracy

Guatemalas President-elect Bernardo Arvalo greets the crowd as he arrives at a march by Indigenous people to demand the resignation of Guatemalas Attorney General Consuelo Porras, outside the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Arvalo has called people to protest efforts to derail his presidency before he can take office and for the attorney generals resignation. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (Moises Castillo / Associa…

Guatemalans rally on behalf of president-elect, demonstrating a will to defend democracy

Protests by thousands of Guatemalans this week supporting President-elect Bernardo Arévalo suggest that the efforts by some officials to derail his presidency have awakened a new will among many citizens to defend democracy.Public displays rejecting machinations by the attorney general’s office had been modest in the month since Arévalo’s resounding victory. But on Monday, thousands marched peacefully through the capital’s streets and on Tuesday…