The World - News from Dec. 8, 1985

Guatemalans vote today in a runoff presidential election widely expected to bring moderate Christian Democrat Vinicio Cerezo to power after three decades of almost unbroken right-wing military rule. Cerezo, 43, won close to 40% of the vote in the first round on Nov. 3, almost double the tally of his nearest rival, newspaper owner Jorge Carpio Nicolle of the right-wing Union of the National Center. None of five other right-wing parties that contested the first round has pledged support for Carpio, and foreign diplomats and Guatemalan political analysts consider Cerezo’s victory virtually certain.