GUATEMALA: OPPOSITION CANDIDATE ALFONSO PORTILLO WINS FIRST-ROUND IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. From: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs | Date: November 11, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Latin American Data Base/Latin American Institute. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

With most of the votes counted, the Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) announced that Frente Republicano Guatemalteco (FRG) candidate Alfonso Portillo had defeated governing Partido de Avanzada Nacional (PAN) candidate Oscar Berger in the Nov. 7 presidential election. Neither candidate, however, won the required 50% to avoid a second-round election. The TSE tally shows Portillo with 47.9% of the vote and Berger with 30.3%. In third place with 12.3% was Alvaro Colom of the left-of-...

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