Former first lady Torres takes lead in Guatemala presidential vote | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

With 49 percent of votes counted after Sunday's polls, Torres was on just under 24 percent while her closest rival Alejandro Giammattei was on 15 percent, the Electoral Supreme Court said.

Morales had called on Guatemalans to turn out in droves to vote, but when he did so he was accosted by a young man who blasted him for being"the worst president in Guatemala's history." He is accused of participating in massacres of indigenous people during Guatemala's civil war from 1960 to 1996.Gang violence, poverty and news of the streams of US-bound Guatemalan migrants dominated campaigning.

The ex-wife of former president Alvaro Colom, in power from 2008-2012, Torres has pledged health and education reforms as well as jobs to stem the flow of migrants to the US. She has vowed to oppose abortion and same-sex marriage. Whoever succeeds Morales faces a tough challenge tackling gang violence and poverty in Central America's most populous country.

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