POLITICS IS FUNNY President-elect Jimmy Morales of the National Front Convergence gestures to supporters after winning the run-off election in Guatemala City on October 25. Comedian Morales won a landslide victory in Guatemala’s presidential race on October 25 despite having no political experience, after a campaign upended by a corruption scandal that felled the outgoing president. AFP PHOTO
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President-elect Jimmy Morales of the National Front Convergence gestures to supporters after winning the run-off election in Guatemala City on October 25. Comedian Morales won a landslide victory in Guatemala’s presidential race on October 25 despite having no political experience, after a campaign upended by a corruption scandal that felled the outgoing president. AFP PHOTO

GUATEMALA CITY: Comedian Jimmy Morales won a landslide victory in Guatemala’s presidential race Sunday despite having no political experience, after a campaign upended by a corruption scandal that felled the outgoing president.

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