Scandal-hit Guatemala’s presidential race heads for run-off


A man gets his finger inked after casting his vote at a polling station during general elections in Guatemala City

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Guatemala was bound for a presidential election run-off after the three leading candidates split Sunday´s vote, prolonging political uncertainty just days after a graft scandal toppled the president.

Otto Perez resigned as president on Thursday and spent election day in jail while a judge considered charging him over a customs corruption racket, plunging the poor Central American country into its worst political crisis in two decades.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/07/us-guatemala-election-idUSKCN0R606O20150907

Guatemala: following President’s resignation, Ban calls for peaceful elections


563538Molina_Guatemala  Taking note of the resignation of President Otto Pérez Molina of Guatemala, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he trusted that the authorities would abide by the Constitution and ensure an orderly democratic transition.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=51795#.VetL_SZViko