喜劇演員就任危地馬拉總統

A former television comedian with no political experience has been sworn in as Guatemala's president.

Jimmy Morales easily won the country's top office in October after a corruption scandal toppled the country's last leader and fueled voter outrage with the political establishment.

Playing up his outsider status and promising clean government, Morales surged in opinion polls after a probe into a multi-million dollar customs racket that forced President Otto Perez out of office.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden attended the inauguration of Morales Thursday along with several Latin American presidents.

Morales asked Biden to add Guatemala to the list of countries granted temporary protected status, providing its eligible citizens in the U.S. temporary protection from deportation and allowing them to work and travel.沒有任何政治經歷的前電視喜劇演員吉米·莫拉萊斯宣誓就任危地馬拉總統。

莫拉萊斯在去年10月舉行的總統選舉中輕鬆獲勝，前一任危地馬拉總統因腐敗醜聞而被迫下臺，選民對政界集團感到憤怒。

針對一起海關鉅額詐騙案的調查導致佩雷斯總統下臺後，莫拉萊斯在競選中凸顯自己政界局外人的身份，並承諾建立一個廉潔政府，他的民調支持率急速上升。

美國副總統拜登星期四與幾位拉丁美洲國家的總統出席了莫拉萊斯的就職典禮。

莫拉萊斯籲請拜登把危地馬拉列入享有暫時保護地位的國家名單，以使目前在美國的危地馬拉公民暫時免遭驅逐，並獲准在美國工作和旅行。