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Controversy and apathy mar Guatemala's upcoming presidential election

People wait for the arrival of Zury Rios Sosa, presidential candidate for the Valor and Unionista coalition, for a campaign rally in San Miguel Duenas, Guatemala, Saturday, June 17, 2023.
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People wait for the arrival of Zury Rios Sosa, presidential candidate for the Valor and Unionista coalition, for a campaign rally in San Miguel Duenas, Guatemala, Saturday, June 17, 2023.

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Eyder Peralta
Eyder Peralta is an international correspondent for NPR. He was named NPR's Mexico City correspondent in 2022. Before that, he was based in Cape Town, South Africa. He started his journalism career as a pop music critic and after a few newspaper stints, he joined NPR in 2008.