# Arévalo wins the 20 August 2023 presidential runoff against Sandra Torres

Date: 2023

## The fact

On 20 August 2023 [Bernardo Arévalo](/people/bernardo-arevalo) of [Movimiento Semilla](/organizations/movimiento-semilla) won Guatemala’s presidential runoff against [Sandra Torres](/people/sandra-torres) of UNE. Reuters recorded the same-week result. International observers did not treat the contest as a fraud. The Public Ministry later sought annulment.

## Context

Alejandro Giammattei was outgoing. Torres remains unresolved. Arévalo did not sit as every TSE printer.

First-round 25 June is parent. 15 January 2024 oath is a child. Keep Arévalo wins the 20 August 2023 presidential runoff against Sandra Torres on 2023-08-20 separate from neighbouring 20 August 2023 runoff, 15 January 2024 oath, November 2024 Semilla cancellation, and 27 October 2025 TSE confirmation.

The president of Guatemala is head of state and head of government. He can request an attorney-general’s immunity be lifted and send bills. He does not sit as a TSE teller, a CC magistrate, or the attorney general.

## Evidence and sources

Tribunal Supremo Electoral of Guatemala carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is transfer and anti-corruption mandate: a completed runoff that the MP later tried to unwind.

## What is established and what is not

Established: Arévalo won the 20 August 2023 runoff; observers did not treat it as a fraud; the MP later sought annulment.

Not established: A unique later fraud integer as Contribution.size, or that the runoff rebates November 2024.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

He was the Semilla candidate. Torres stood. Observers watched. Porras later challenged.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Arévalo wins the 20 August 2023 presidential runoff against Sandra Torres, not a later speech about Arévalo wins the 20 August 2023 presidential runoff against Sandra Torres.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Arévalo wins the 20 August 2023 presidential runoff against Sandra Torres on 2023-08-20 is not a licence to treat every later Tribunal Supremo Electoral of Guatemala communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Arévalo wins the 20 August 2023 presidential runoff against Sandra Torres into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to TSE counted. He was the Semilla candidate. Torres stood. Observers watched. Porras later challenged. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Bernardo Arévalo: https://factrail.ai/people/bernardo-arevalo

## Drivers

- Arévalo anti-corruption mandate: https://factrail.ai/drivers/arevalo-anti-corruption
- Capacity for Peaceful Transfer of Power: https://factrail.ai/drivers/capacity-for-peaceful-transfer-of-power

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/guatemala-anti-corruption-candidate-arevalo-wins-presidency-2023-08-21/
- https://www.tse.org.gt/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/gt-arevalo-runoff-2023