Businessman, ex-general head for Guatemala vote runoff/ Alvaro Colom obtiene el 27% de los votos y Otto Pérez Molina el 25%, hasta ahora.

A businessman who vows to tackle poverty and an ex-general who wants to get tough on thugs are both heading toward a runoff in Guatemala's presidential election, official returns showed Monday. With 76 percent of the votes counted, Alvaro Colom led the pack of candidates with 28 percent, followed by retired general Otto Perez Molina with 25 percent. Since neither obtained more than 50 percent, they go to a runoff vote, scheduled for November 4 ( full information)/El candidato izquierdista del partido Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza, Alvaro Colom, obtiene el 26,96% de los votos, mientras el conservador del Partido Patriota, Otto Pérez Molina, obtiene el 25,03%, según los resultados preliminares publicados por el Tribunal Supremo Electoral de Guatemala con el 61,51% de los votos escrutados ( información completa)