While Guatemala’s president, the broadly unpopular leader Alejandro Giammattei, is prohibited by law from seeking re-election, concerns over a slide toward authoritarianism have grown more acute as he has expanded his sway over the country’s institutions.
Who is Bernardo Arévalo?
Bernardo Arévalo, 64, an intellectual, is the son of a Juan José Arévalo, a former president who is still exalted for creating Guatemala’s social security system and protecting free speech.
After the former leader was forced into exile in the 1950s, Bernardo Arévalo was born in Uruguay and grew up in Venezuela, Chile and Mexico before returning to Guatemala as a teenager.
Mr. Arévalo is proposing to hire thousands of new police officers and upgrade security at prisons.
Persons:
Alejandro Giammattei, Bernardo Arévalo, Juan José Arévalo, Arévalo, Nayib Bukele
Locations:
Uruguay, Venezuela, Chile, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador