The democratic transition in Guatemala represents one of the clearest victories of U.S. President Joe Biden's agenda to promote democracy worldwide, as well as a rare example of Vice President Kamala Harris's national security team playing a distinct and direct role in shepherding it through.

Inside the White House Effort to Prevent a Coup in Guatemala

Kamala Harris’s team helped deliver an overlooked foreign-policy win.

President Biden and VP Harris worked to ensure a peaceful transition of power in Guatemala. Meanwhile Trump's top confidant was involved in an effort to derail Arévalo's ascent to the presidency