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1958 Guatemalan General Election
General elections were held in Guatemala on 19 January 1958 after the 1957 elections were nullified. After no candidate received 50% or more of the national vote, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes was elected President by Congress on 12 February, whilst an alliance of the National Democratic Reconciliation Party, Nationalist Democratic Party, the Nationalist Liberal Party The Nationalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Nacionalista, PLN) was a political party in Nicaragua. When Anastasio Somoza García took power in 1936, the party aligned itself with the United States and other caudillos in Latin America, li ..., the Democratic National Association and the National Anti-Communist Front won 40 of the 66 seats in Congress. Results President Congress Bibliography *Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004. *Political handbook of the world 1958. New York, 1959. *Elections in the Americas A Data Ha ...
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Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes 1950
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National Anti-Communist Front
The National Anti-Communist Front (Frente Anti-Communista Nacional) was a coalition of the anti-communist parties and groups (of ten or more) that supported Carlos Castillo Armas. Its program envisioned economic and social reforms for the development of Guatemala and the elimination of communist infiltration. Its members included the Anti-Communist Unification Party (PUA), Independent Anti-Communist Party of the West (PIACO), Anti-Communist University Students Committee (CEUA), Comités como el Cívico Independiente, Obrero Anticomunista, Femenino Anticomunista, de Locatarias, Asociación Juvenil Anticomunista, among others. In 1955, most member organizations were involved in the establishment of the National Democratic Movement (MDN). References *''Communism in Guatemala, 1944–1954''. by Ronald M. Schneider Published in 1979, Octagon Books (New York). *''Political parties of the Americas : Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies'' / edited by Robert J. Alexander. Westp ...
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1958 In Guatemala
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ...
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1958 Elections In Central America
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ...
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Elections In Guatemala
Elections in Guatemala include, on the national level, a head of state – the president – and a unicameral legislature. Guatemala's president and vice-president are elected on one ballot for a four-year term by the people. The Congress of the Republic ''(Congreso de la República)'' has 158 members, elected for a four-year term, partially in multi-member departmental constituencies and partially by proportional representation both using the D'Hondt method. Guatemala also elects deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament. Political culture Political parties in Guatemala are generally numerous and unstable. No party has won the presidency more than once. In every election period the majority of the parties are small and newly formed. Schedule Election Inauguration See also * Politics of Guatemala Politics of Guatemala takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, where by the President of Guatemala is bot ...
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José Enrique Ardón Fernández
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county ...
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Revolutionary Party (Guatemala)
The Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario, PR) was the ruling Guatemalan political party from 1966 to 1970. The party was founded in 1957 by Mario Méndez Montenegro. It was on the moderate left, but its opponents claimed that during the early 1960s, the country's communists adopted a policy of entryism towards the PR, which was used as justification for the coup of Enrique Peralta Azurdia. Despite this the PR survived the coup and contested the 1966 general election, managing to gain the 50,000 members required by the military government in order to be allowed to run.Daniel M. CostangeGUATEMALA: The Party System from 1963 to 2000/ref> Montenegro was initially chosen as their presidential candidate and agreed to an alliance with the military-backed Institutional Democratic Party (PID). However prior to the vote, Montenegro died and was replaced as candidate by his brother, Julio César Méndez Montenegro, a more committed reformer who repudiated the alliance with th ...
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Guatemalan Christian Democracy
Guatemalan Christian Democracy (, DCG) was a political party in Guatemala. A moderate, reformist and anti-Communist party, it was a member of Christian Democrat International.Peter Calvert (2004) ''A Political and Economic Dictionary of Latin America'', Routledge History The party was established on 24 August 1955 by a group of Catholic businessmen.Robert J. Alexander (1982) ''Political parties of the Americas'', Greenwood Press, p422 Although initially a right wing-party, it gradually turned leftwards as younger leaders emerged. It won five of the 66 seats in the December 1955 Congressional elections. In the 1957 general elections it nominated Miguel Asturias Quiñóne as its presidential candidate; Asturias finished third out of the three candidates with 11% of the vote. In the 1958 general elections it was part of a multi-party coalition that nominated José Luis Cruz Salazar for the presidency;Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. Nort ...
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Republican Party (Guatemala)
Republican Party is a name used by many political parties around the world, though the term most commonly refers to the United States' Republican Party. Republican Party may also refer to: Africa * Republican Party (Liberia) *Republican Party (Malawi) *Republican Party (Namibia) *Republican Party (Tunisia) Americas Brazil *Republicanos *Party of the Republic, in Brazil *Republican Party (Brazil), active 1945–1965 * Republican Party of São Paulo, active in Brazil 1873–1937 *Republican Party of the Social Order, in Brazil Chile * Republican Party (Chile, 2019) *Republican Party (Chile, 1982), active in Chile 1982-1987 United States * Republican Party (United States), the current major party; active since 1854 *American Republican Party (1843), active circa 1840s *Democratic-Republican Party, active circa 1790s–1820s * Liberal Republican Party (United States), active 1872 *National Republican Party, active circa 1820s *Puerto Rico Republican Party Other Republican Parties ...
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Liberal Party Of Guatemala
Liberal Party of Guatemala (Previously: ''Coalition by the Change'') was a political party in Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H .... History Previously the political party was denominated Coalition by the Change. But at the time of its registration it was called the Liberal Party of Guatemala, it was registered in 2015 and registered by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in 2017. Its leader is Andrés Ayau. Presidential elections References External links 2017 establishments in Guatemala 2020 disestablishments in Guatemala Defunct political parties in Guatemala Political parties disestablished in 2020 Political parties established in 2017 Populist parties {{Guatemala-party-stub ...
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Anti-Communist Unification Party
The Anti-Communist Unification Party ( es, Partido de Unificación Anticomunista, PUA) was a right-wing political party in Guatemala. History The party was formed in 1948 in order to support the candidacy of Francisco Javier Arana in the 1950 presidential elections.Robert J. Alexander (1982) ''Political parties of the Americas'', Greenwood Press, p422 However, Arana was assassinated in the build-up to the elections, having been considered the main rival to Jacobo Árbenz of the Revolutionary Action Party. The PUA ultimately joined the National Electoral Union (an alliance including the Democratic Unity Party and the National Democratic Reconciliation Party), which nominated Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes as its candidate. Ydígoras finished second to Árbenz in the elections. The party later became part of the National Anti-Communist Front, supporting Carlos Castillo Armas. It won three seats in the 1955 parliamentary elections. In the 1958 general elections it was part of the a ...
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Guatemalan Anticommunist Liberal Party
Guatemalan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Guatemala * A person from Guatemala, or of Guatemalan descent. For information about the Guatemalan people, see Demographics of Guatemala and Culture of Guatemala. For specific persons, see List of Guatemalans. * Note that there is no language called "Guatemalan". See Languages of Guatemala. * Guatemalan cuisine Most traditional foods in Guatemalan cuisine are based on Maya cuisine, with Spanish influence, and prominently feature corn, chilies and beans as key ingredients. Guatemala is famously home to the Hass avocado. There are also foods that are c ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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