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Ex-general wins Guatemalan presidential election
A former general promising to get tough on rampant crime and drug violence easily won Guatemala’s presidential election, marking a shift to the right in the poor Central American nation. Otto Perez Molina of the conservative Patriotic Party won 55 per cent of the vote, topping tycoon-turned-political populist Manuel Baldizon of the Democratic Freedom Revival party, who had 45 per cent, according to Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal.
