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Guatemala first lady Sandra Torres confirms divorce
Guatemala first lady Sandra Torres confirms divorce
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Guatemala's First Lady, Sandra Torres de Colom, has confirmed that she is divorcing president Alvaro Colom so she can stand for election to succeed him.
Ms Torres fought back tears as she told Guatemalans she was leaving a loving marriage for the sake of the nation.
"I am divorcing my husband but I am getting married to the people," she said at a news conference.
Guatemala's constitution bans close relatives of the president from standing to succeed him.
The main opposition candidate for September's presidential election - former Gen Otto Perez Molina - has called the first couple's divorce electoral fraud.
Ms Torres, 51, announced her candidacy for president for the governing party earlier this month.
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