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Guatemala’s presidential race too close to call

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With less than three weeks left before the Nov. 4 presidential runoff in Guatemala, it looks like the race is headed for a tight finish. According to a poll published Friday by the Guatemala City newspaper El Periodico, rightist and former army Gen. Otto Perez Molina has a very narrow lead over center-left-leaning former businessman Alvaro Colom. The poll has Perez Molina at 39.8%, Colom at 37.3% and more than 22% undecided, a lead well within the margin of error. Another poll, released a week earlier by the firm CID-Galllup, has the positions reversed, with Colom at 44.7% and Perez Molina at 42.1%. Colom won the first round of voting Sept. 9 by 4% over Perez Molina but fell far short of the majority needed for an outright victory.

Posted by Héctor Tobar in Mexico City

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