Guatemala president-elect’s supporters block roads to protest party suspension

Demonstrations surge after court upheld suspension of Bernardo Arevalo's party over alleged voter registration fraud

Thousands of protestors have blocked roads across Guatemala in surging demonstrations to support the president-elect, Bernardo Arevalo, after the country's highest court upheld a move by prosecutors to suspend his political party over alleged voter registration fraud.

Arevalo, an anti-corruption crusader who won a landslide victory in the August election, has denounced the suspension as a coup" aimed neutralizing him before he takes office in January, and his supporters are demanding the resignation of the prosecutors responsible. Street blockades that started this week grew from 14 on Monday to 58 road and highway blockages Friday.