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Retired general takes lead in Guatemala election

By REUTERS

NOVEMBER 7, 2011 03:28

GUATEMALA CITY - A retired right-wing general promising to stamp out spiraling crime took an early lead in Guatemala's presidential election on Sunday that he was favored to win.

With 25 percent of votes counted Otto Perez was leading on 54.85 percent support, according to a tally from the electoral commission. Most of the votes counted were from rural areas. Centrist rival Manuel Baldizon was on 45.15 percent.

Supporters of the silver-haired Perez, 60, believe he is the best candidate to tackle lawlessness and violence in the coffee- and sugar-exporting country, which has one of the highest murder rates in the Americas.

Although some fret about Perez's military past and his role in a 36-year civil war, polls ahead of the presidential vote showed him well ahead of Baldizon, a businessman with a message to help the elderly and the poor.

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