Comedian hot favorite in Guatemala presidential runoff

[WorldNews]

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Guatemalans voted Sunday in a presidential runoff election between a comedian with no political experience and a former first lady, amid outrage over a corruption scandal that felled the ex-president. Jimmy Morales, a comic actor famous for playing a country bumpkin who nearly becomes president, headed into the vote with a huge lead -- 68 percent to 32 percent for social democrat Sandra Torres, according to the final opinion poll. Morales vowed to continue the fight against corruption as he cast his ballot, dressed in the jersey of the Guatemalan national football team.

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