Who's looking forward to Sunday's elections in Guatemala?

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Nina Lakhani gets us ready for Sunday with Guatemalans face choice of former blackface comedian or ex-first lady in The Guardian. Take a look for some comments from me. The article concludes with the following.

Hundreds of thousands of ordinary Guatemalans took to the streets this summer in a wave of a collective disgust at the audacious stealing of public funds by corrupt officials.

But according to Martín Rodríguez, founder of the investigative news website Nomada, neither candidate in Sunday’s election is offering any hope of change.

“Jimmy Morales represents a continuation of the Otto Pérez government as he is supported by the same army officers, industrialists and politicians. He is not capable of governing and there will be an immediate crisis if he wins. Sandra Torres is much better prepared and has a much better team, but she doesn’t represent a break from the past [either]. The country is at a crossroads and neither candidate is good enough.”

I agree with Martin about the choice that Guatemalan voters confront this weekend. While some believe that Morales represents a new face for Guatemala, he does not. His party represents many of the same military and "private" sector individuals and interests Guatemalans have pushed back so hard against these last few years.

Like most Guatemalans, I can't say that there's much to like about the final two candidates. Does better than Trump count?

However, as I wrote before the first round, my vote would go to Sandra Torres even though she unfortunately represents a number of questionable characters and does not signal a break from the past.

Progressive change isn't going to come from the next president of Guatemala. However, Torres might be less likely to stand in its way.