After traveling six hours by bus from Oakland, Mynor Hernandez arrived in Los Angeles, one of four U.S. areas where Guatemalans were able to cast absentee ballots for their country elections Sunday.
according to estimates. California is home to the nation’s largest Guatemalan community, mostly concentrated in the Los Angeles area.
Castellanos said reforms passed in Guatemala four years ago allowed eligible emigrés to cast ballots from outside the country. But the new law did not take effect until this year. Guatemala joins Mexico and other countries that have long had systems in place to allow for expatriates to cast ballots from abroad.
Rojas, who is from the city of Quetzaltenango in western Guatemala and makes her living selling traditional Guatemalan candies, arrived well before 7 a.m. at the polling station to support her fellow Guatemalans and set up her vendor stand, stacked with snacks for voters. Like many Guatemalans, both inside and outside the country, Barrera expressed a sense of disillusion with the rampant corruption in the country. “The election is frustrating when you have to vote for the candidate who you believe is less corrupt than the others,” he said.Nineteen candidates are vying for the presidential vote, but because none of the contenders is expected to win a majority, a runoff between two top candidates is projected for August.
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