Indigenous farmworker leader bids for Guatemala presidency

Indigenous farmworker leader bids for Guatemala presidency

An Indigenous female farmworker leader hopes to become Guatemala’s next president. But Thelma Cabrera faces an uphill fight, after the country’s Electoral Tribunal refused to allow her to register her candidacy. There is just one week left in the registration period for the June 25 elections, but Cabrera and her Movement for Peoples’ Liberation are vowing to go ahead with her campaign whether the gets registered or not. It was never going to be …

Indigenous farmworker leader bids for Guatemala presidency

An Indigenous female farmworker leader hopes to become Guatemala's next president. But Thelma Cabrera faces an uphill fight after the country's Electoral Tribunal refused to allow her to register her candidacy. Cabrera and her Movement for Peoples' Liberation have vowed…

Indigenous farmworker leader bids for Guatemala presidency

An Indigenous female farmworker leader hopes to become Guatemala's next president

Indigenous farmworker leader bids for Guatemala presidency

Thelma Cabrera, presidential hopeful for the Movement for the Liberation of the People, MLP, party poses for photos at her home in El Asintal, Guatemala, Monday, March 13, 2023. Cabrera and the MLP are waiting for the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to approve the candidacy of her running-mate Jordan Rodas, ahead of 2023 general elections. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)(Moises Castillo / Associated Press) Indigenous farmworker leader bids for Guatemala…

Indigenous farmworker leader bids for Guatemala presidency

An Indigenous female farmworker leader hopes to become Guatemala's next president

Indigenous farmworker leader bids for Guatemala presidency

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An Indigenous female farmworker leader hopes to become Guatemala’s next president. But Thelma Cabrera faces an uphill fight, after the country’s Electoral Tribunal refused to allow her to register her candidacy. There is just one week left in the registration period for the June 25 elections, but Cabrera and her Movement for Peoples’ Liberation are vowing to go ahead with her campaign whether the gets registered or not. I…