Graft-weary Guatemalans to choose new president

[WorldNews]

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Guatemalans disgusted with rampant corruption that felled their president are set to vote Sunday in elections many see as meaningless without a vast political system cleanup. Ironically, out of the blue, the frontrunner in the presidential race is a comedian, Jimmy Morales, a political novice who rose to fame clowning around as a simpleton who accidentally ends up becoming president. The election -- Guatemalans are so fed up with politics-as-usual that turnout could be very low -- caps a tumultuous week in the impoverished Central American nation saddled with a bevy of woes.

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