amy: amy: oliver milman is an environment a at the guardian.will link to your new piece at democracynow.org. next up, we go to guatemala city where election officials have rejected an attempt by the ruling business and political elite to overturn results from the first round of a presidential election where the progressive anticorruption candidate came in second in a shock to almost all, the race leading to an august 20 runoff. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "burning pile" by mother mother. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn to major developments in guatemala where election officials have rejected an attempt by the ruling business and political elite of guatemala to overturn the results of last month's first-round of the presidential election. the race is heading to a runoff august 20 between the former first lady sandra torres and the progressive anticorruption candidate bernardo arÉvalo. the review of ballots came after the party of sandra torres, who's been accused of corruption,