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ColesCountyDem

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Mon Oct 26, 2015, 05:56 PM Oct 2015

No joke: Guatemalan comedian wins presidency in landslide


No joke: Guatemalan comedian wins presidency in landslide
By Alexandra Alper and Enrique Pretel

Reuters
15 hours ago

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Jimmy Morales, a former TV comedian who has never held office, swept to power in Guatemala's presidential election on Sunday after milking public anger over a corruption scandal that deepened distrust of the country's political establishment.

The 46-year-old Morales overwhelmingly beat center-left rival and former first lady Sandra Torres in a run-off vote despite his lack of government experience and some policy ideas that strike many as eccentric.

The headquarters of Morales' center-right National Convergence Front (FCN) party erupted in celebration as official returns showed he had around 68 percent support in a landslide victory.

Voters pointed to widespread discontent with Guatemala's political class, compounded by a U.N.-backed investigation into a multi-million dollar customs racket that led last month to the resignation and arrest of former president Otto Perez....


http://news.yahoo.com/comedian-favored-win-guatemala-presidency-anti-graft-ticket-002508182.html#
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No joke: Guatemalan comedian wins presidency in landslide (Original Post) ColesCountyDem Oct 2015 OP
Trump is taking notes randys1 Oct 2015 #1
I hope it works out well for the people of Guatemala. They have been through enough. /nt think Oct 2015 #2
Colbert coulda run this year.... nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #3
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