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Guatemala Attempted CoupOn Friday, Guatemala's top prosecutor's office declared the result of the recent election as void, which while not a binding move, represents the latest and perhaps most serious attempt to stop president elect Bernardo Arévalo from taking office in what he's labeled an attempted coup. Arévalo, a center left anti-corruption campaigner, won a surprise victory in the presidential election runoff on August 20th with nearly 61% of the vote. Having campaigned hard on fighting corruption and democratic backsliding, beating the establishment friendly former first lady Sandra Torres. However since winning the election, Arévalo has faced a seemingly endless barrage of legal challenges, aiming to disrupt his transition to the presidency, accusing his party of being improperly registered and citing anomalies in the first round vote. The Attorney General's office has tried to suspend his party, raided the Supreme Electoral Tribunal trying to lift the immunity that he gained as president elect and is now trying to declare the results void. The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, has condemned the latest move as an attempt at a coup d'etat spearheaded by politically motivated prosecutors. While the Organization of American States has called the action typical of dictatorships and not democracies and also labelled it a coup attempt.

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Public discontent in Serbia has arguably reached a new high since the Milosevic era, with reoccurring protests against incumbent President Alexander Vucic his perceived corruption and autocratic tendencies. In response in May Vucic stepped down as leader of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party or SNS, while remaining in post as president. However, with general elections less than two weeks away, it's far from over for Vucic. Having spent more than 30 years in politics, Vucic has perfected a balancing act between East and West, which has enabled him to carefully craft an image of a well respected statesman among world leaders, particularly in China and Russia, thus maintaining his strongman status. So in this article, we're gonna explore vertex geopolitical juggling and how he manages to engage with eastern powers while remaining a strong candidate for EU membership.