Who is Guatemala's new president, Bernardo Arévalo?

Guatemala's new President Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in early Monday after powerful interests and authorities opposed to his anti-corruption campaign threw various legal challenges at him and his party.

GUATEMALA CITY — Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in early Monday as Guatemala’s new president.

Many doubted they would ever see the day as powerful interests aligned against his anti-corruption campaign and authorities threw various legal challenges at him and his party.

Arévalo is now president, but those disputes will continue and with little support in Congress he will be hard-pressed to deliver the deep changes in Guatemalan government and society that fueled his support and a surprise electoral victory.

Arévalo is the 65-year-old son of former Guatemalan President Juan José Arévalo.

The elder Arévalo was credited with implementing fundamental protections for workers and spaces for the country’s Indigenous population. Bernardo Arévalo was born in Uruguay, where his father was in exile following the ouster in a 1954 CIA-backed coup of his successor, President Jacobo Árbenz, whom the U.S. saw as a threat during the Cold War.

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