Candidate declared winner of Guatemala election as his party is suspended

Presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo speaks during a press conference after preliminary results showed him the victor in a presidential run-off election in Guatemala (Moises Castillo/AP)

Bernado Arevalo has been declared the winner of Guatemala’s presidential elections, on the same day a government body suspended all activities by his Seed Movement party.

The progressive candidate was declared the winner of the election, one of the most tumultuous in the country’s recent history, by the top electoral tribunal.