喜剧演员就任危地马拉总统

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.

莫拉莱斯在去年10月举行的总统选举中轻松获胜，前一任危地马拉总统因腐败丑闻而被迫下台，选民对政界集团感到愤怒。

针对一起海关巨额诈骗案的调查导致佩雷斯总统下台后，莫拉莱斯在竞选中凸显自己政界局外人的身份，并承诺建立一个廉洁政府，他的民调支持率急速上升。

美国副总统拜登星期四与几位拉丁美洲国家的总统出席了莫拉莱斯的就职典礼。

莫拉莱斯吁请拜登把危地马拉列入享有暂时保护地位的国家名单，以使目前在美国的危地马拉公民暂时免遭驱逐，并获准在美国工作和旅行。