Guatemalan Presidential Frontrunner Disqualified by High Court Ahead of Election

Carlos Pineda, a conservative businessman and the frontrunner in one election poll, has lost his final appeal to continue his campaign for the Guatemalan presidential election, with only one month remaining before voting begins. Pineda is the third candidate to be disqualified from the race, with critics deeming the disqualifications as politically motivated to weed out candidates seen as unfavourable to the government establishment. Pineda's disqualification follows that of fellow conservative Roberto Arzú on Thursday, and earlier this year, a left-leaning Indigenous candidate, Thelma Cabrera, was likewise barred from the race.