Day 1,583: sworn, quash, trumped-up

Most reckon these attempts to stop Mr Arévalo from being sworn in on January 14th will fail.

While the case against Semilla continues, on October 14th an appeals court quashed the conviction of José Rubén Zamora, a prominent investigative journalist who was sentenced in June to six years on trumped-up charges of money-laundering.

Bernardo Arévalo is still battling to become Guatemala’s president

Artwork of the day 
Vengeance is Sworn
Francesco Hayez
Original Title: Il Consiglio alla Vendetta
Date: 1851
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Dimensions: 237 x 178 cm

Word of the day 
sworn: formally and officially stated as being true
quash: to say officially that something, especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be accepted 
trumped-up: deliberately based on false information so that someone will be accused of doing something wrong and punished 

Quote of the day
“I could’ve sworn I was telling the truth when I told you I didn’t miss you.”
― pleasefindthis, I Wrote This For You