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- <text id=89TT2228>
- <title>
- Aug. 28, 1989: World Notes:Guatemala
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Aug. 28, 1989 World War II:50th Anniversary
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- WORLD, Page 27
- World Notes
- GUATEMALA
- Bedmates and Running Mates
- </hdr><body>
- <p> The first peaceful transition of power from one civilian
- leader to another in Guatemala's history was set in motion last
- week by the selection of a candidate to represent the ruling
- Christian Democratic Party in the 1990 presidential election.
- Early returns showed the winner was former Foreign Minister
- Alfonso Cabrera Hidalgo, President Vinicio Cerezo's handpicked
- candidate, with 60% of the vote.
- </p>
- <p> The electoral achievement was spiced by a titillating
- sideshow. Among the candidates was Raquel Blandon, President
- Cerezo's wife. Although the Cerezos have discreetly been
- maintaining separate residences for more than a year, Blandon's
- run for office put an added strain on their complicated domestic
- arrangement. Their marriage has reportedly been tested by
- Cerezo's much rumored dalliances with other women.
- </p>
- <p> Blandon denied that her candidacy was a ploy to embarrass
- and punish her husband. "I know he has a reputation for being
- woman crazy, but this is Latin America," she said. "Such things
- are not as shocking here." Although Blandon stood to take only
- about 8% of the vote, there are signs that Cabrera may tap the
- First Lady to be his running mate.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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