President of Guatemala. Leader of the centre-left Semilla party, he ran on an anti-corruption platform and won the 2023 presidential election. He took office despite efforts by attorney-general María Consuelo Porras and her allies to annul his victory by raiding polling stations and pressuring the electoral court. Mr Arévalo avoided direct confrontation with Ms Porras, insisting on obeying the law that empowered her; her term ended in May 2026 and her successor, Gabriel García Luna, then took office. He has pledged to root out the corruption that has long plagued Guatemalan governance, including in road-building.
Cuddy had only been a guard for a few days, but already he had absorbed one important and basic fact: it is almost impossible for anyone to be in a street without breaking the law.