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Guatemala's turning point election

Jason McLure
22 October 2015
Supporters of television comedian and presidential candidate for the National Front of Convergence party Jimmy Morales, flash the victory sign in front of a screen at their party headquarters in Guatemala City, Sept. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)

 

After a massive corruption scandal rocked Guatemalan politics this summer, Central America's most populous country goes to the polls Oct. 25.

With much of the political establishment discredited, TV comic Jimmy Morales is now the front runner. On this edition of Global Journalist, a look at Guatemalan politics, corruption and the legacy of the country's civil war in the 1980s.

 

Our guests this week:

    • Helen Mack Chang, human rights activist and founder of the Myrna Mack Foundation
    • Mike McDonald, Bloomberg News Central America correspondent
    • Luis Barrueto, columnist for Guatemala's El Diario Digital
    • Orlándo Perez, associate dean at Millersville University and Central American politics researcher

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