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Guatemalans rally on behalf of president-elect, demonstrating a will to defend democracy

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By SONIA PÉREZ D. and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Associated Press

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Protests by thousands of Guatemalans this week supporting President-elect Bernardo Arévalo suggest that the efforts by some officials to derail his presidency have awakened a new will among many citizens to defend democracy. Public displays rejecting machinations by the attorney general’s office had been modest in the month since Arévalo’s resounding victory. But on Monday, thousands marched through the capital’s streets and on Tuesday protesters blocked major highways across the country. Guatemalans have made Attorney General Consuelo Porras a special target of their ire due to the investigations her office launched against Arévalo’s party and electoral authorities.

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