Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal ruled earlier this week that a leftist presidential ticket headed by Indigenous human rights defender Thelma Cabrera should be barred from the June ballot, prompting fury and vows of mass protests from Cabrera’s supporters. Thursday’s ruling — which Cabrera’s young political party, the Movement for the Liberation of the Peoples (MLP), is vowing to appeal to…

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