Guatemala's president-elect Arevalo slams attempt to scrap election results

By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala's President-elect Bernardo Arevalo on Friday forcefully rejected a legal maneuver from prosecutors to invalidate his election triumph, calling the effort an "attempted coup." Ever since anti-corruption crusader Arevalo did better than expected in June's first-round election, qualifying for the decisive August runoff, he and his center-left Seed Movement party have faced a series of investigations from the Attorney General's office, which has alleged irregularities in the party's registration several years ago. The U.S. and other Western count...