00:00 Anti-graft crusader and presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo, a 64-year-old diplomat
00:05 and son of an ex-president, won Guatemala's presidential polls by a landslide, garnering
00:11 58 percent of the vote against 37 percent, chalked up by his rival, former first lady
00:16 Sandra Torres.
00:18 Friends, family and campaign people came out late Sunday night till early Monday morning
00:23 to acknowledge cheering and flag-waving supporters from down in the public square after a preliminary
00:29 count showed Arevalo's practically insurmountable lead with 99 percent of the vote in.
00:34 Arevalo's victory is seen as a crucial test of how Guatemala's democracy will hopefully
00:39 hold and grow, despite attempts from the elite to suppress change and amidst food insecurity
00:44 and gang violence.
00:46 This triggered the largest mass migration in Central America thus far.
00:50 (laughs)
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