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Political Parties In Guatemala
This article lists political parties in Guatemala. Guatemala has a multi-party system, with two or three strong political parties and other parties that are electorally successful. According to law if a party fails to get 4% of the vote or at least one deputy in congress, the party is canceled. 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. Parties Extra-parliamentary parties Political parties in formation Parties that did not contest the 2007 election * Reform Movement (''Movimiento Reformador'') * Social Democrat Party Former parties * Deregistered or ceased to function before 2003: ** Socialist Workers Unification * Deregistered in 2003: ** Social Participative Democracy (''Democracia Social Participativa'') ** Transparency (''Transparencia'') * Deregistered in 2007: ** Authentic Integral Deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Honduras; to the southeast by El Salvador and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. With an estimated population of around million, Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America and the 11th most populous country in the Americas. It is a representative democracy with its capital and largest city being Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, also known as Guatemala City, the most populous city in Central America. The territory of modern Guatemala hosted the core of the Maya civilization, which extended across Mesoamerica. In the 16th century, most of this area was conquered by the Spanish and claimed as part of the viceroyalty of New Spain. Guatemala attained independence in 1821 from Spain and Mexico. In 1823, it became part of the Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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UCN may stand for: *National Civic Union (Bolivia), a political party *Ultracold neutrons *Genes in the human urocortin family ** ''UCN'' (gene) **''UCN2'' **'' UCN3'' *UCN, the IATA Airport Code for Buchanan Airport *Ultimate Custom Night, a survival horror video game * Universal character name, a feature of C99 (and later versions). Education *Central University of Nicaragua, a private and nonprofit university, Nicaragua *Universidad Católica del Norte, a university in Antofagasta, Chile *University College of the North, a university college in Manitoba, Canada *University College of Northern Denmark University College of Northern Denmark ( da, Professionshøjskolen UCN) were formed under the Danish act on university colleges for higher education, which was adopted by the Danish parliament in 2007. Today, the sector is composed of six universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Viva may refer to: Companies and organisations * Viva (network operator), a Dominican mobile network operator * Viva Air, a Spanish airline taken over by flag carrier Iberia * Viva Air Dominicana * VIVA Bahrain, a telecommunication company * Viva Entertainment, a Philippine media company * Viva Films, a Philippine film company * Viva Media, an interactive entertainment company based in New York City * Visi Media Asia (branded as VIVA), a subsidiary of Bakrie Group * Viva Records (Philippines), a Philippine record label * Viva Records (U.S.), subsidiary of Snuff Garrett Records * Viva! (organisation), a British animal rights group, which focuses on promoting veganism * Vision with Values (branded as ViVa), political party in Guatemala * Victoria-Vanuatu Physician Project (branded as ViVa), a Canadian organization that sends doctors to Vanuatu Film * ''Viva'' (2007 film), a 2007 film directed by Anna Biller * ''Viva'' (2015 film), a 2015 Irish film directed by Paddy Breathnach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Liberalism
Social liberalism (german: Sozialliberalismus, es, socioliberalismo, nl, Sociaalliberalisme), also known as new liberalism in the United Kingdom, modern liberalism, or simply liberalism in the contemporary United States, left-liberalism (german: Linksliberalismus) in Germany, and progressive liberalism ( es, Liberalismo progresista) in Spanish-speaking countries, is a political philosophy and variety of liberalism that endorses a social market economy and the expansion of civil and political rights. Social liberalism views the common good as harmonious with the individual's freedom. Social liberals overlap with social democrats in accepting economic intervention more than other liberals, although its importance is considered auxiliary compared to social democrats. Ideologies that emphasize only the economic policy of social liberalism include welfare liberalism, New Deal liberalism in the United States, and Keynesian liberalism. Cultural liberalism is an ideology that hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semilla (Guatemala)
Movimiento Semilla (lit. ''Seed Movement'') is a centre-left political party in Guatemala. History The Semilla Movement was registered before the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on July 14, 2017, its general secretary is César Bernardo Arévalo de León. The party began after the demonstrations that led to the resignation of President Otto Pérez Molina. The party defines itself as a political, democratic and plural movement. It has more than 22,000 members. The Semilla Movement party had rapprochement with former Attorney General Thelma Aldana to explore a possible presidential candidacy and a coalition with Encuentro por Guatemala and Libre. After investigations by Attorney General María Consuelo Porras and the UN anti-corruption commissioner Iván Velásquez Gómez requesting the removal of her parliamentary immunity from Nineth Montenegro, secretary general of Encuentro por Guatemala Encuentro por Guatemala ("EG")– a Spanish name variously translated as "Encounter for Guatem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bienestar Nacional (political Party)
Bienestar Nacional (lit. ''National Well-being'') is 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 The political party was established in 2002, although it never appeared on the list of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal until 2015. It was at risk of being suspended due to lack of affiliates, but was later accepted by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. Electoral results Presidential elections Legislative elections References External links 2002 establishments in Guatemala Centrist parties in North America Political parties established in 2002 Political parties in Guatemala {{Guatemala-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bienestar Nacional
Bienestar Nacional (lit. ''National Well-being'') is 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 The political party was established in 2002, although it never appeared on the list of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal until 2015. It was at risk of being suspended due to lack of affiliates, but was later accepted by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. Electoral results Presidential elections Legislative elections References External links 2002 establishments in Guatemala Centrist parties in North America Political parties established in 2002 Political parties in Guatemala {{Guatemala-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalism
Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a in-group and out-group, group of people),Anthony D. Smith, Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Theory, Ideology, History''. Polity (publisher), Polity, 2010. pp. 9, 25–30; especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty (self-governance) over its homeland to create a nation-state. Nationalism holds that each nation should govern itself, free from outside interference (self-determination), that a nation is a natural and ideal basis for a polity, and that the nation is the only rightful source of political power. It further aims to build and maintain a single national identity, based on a combination of shared social characteristics such as culture, ethnicity, geographic location, language, politics (or the government), religion, traditions and belief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Convergence Front
The National Convergence Front ( es, Frente de Convergencia Nacional, FCN–Nación) is a right-wing political party in Guatemala. History The party was established on 7 January 2008. It was initiated by a group of retired army officers, including veterans of Guatemalan Civil War, affiliated with the Military Veterans Association of Guatemala ''AVEMILGUA''. FCN did not nominate a presidential candidate in the 2011 general elections, but contested the Congressional elections, receiving 0.5% of the vote and failing to win a seat. In March 2013, the party chose the popular comic TV actor Jimmy Morales as its General Secretary. Morales was the party's presidential candidate in the 2015 elections, which he won after receiving the largest vote share in the first round (24%) and then beating former first lady Sandra Torres in the run-off with 67% of the vote. In the Congressional elections the FCN received the fifth-highest vote share (9%), winning 11 of the 158 seats. FCN's head of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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FCN may refer to: Sport * FC Nantes * FC Nordsjælland * FC Nöttingen * 1. FC Nürnberg * FC Nenzing Transport * Falconwood railway station (National Rail station code), in London * Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz (IATA code), in Nordholz, Germany Other uses * Faith community nursing * Federal Center of Neurosurgery (Tyumen), in Russia * Federal Convention of Namibia * Federation of Canadian Naturists * Ficolin * Free Charging Network * FTI Consulting, an American professional services company * Function (mathematics) * National Convergence Front (Spanish: '), a political party in Guatemala * the chemical compound Cyanogen fluoride Cyanogen fluoride (molecular formula: FCN; IUPAC name: carbononitridic fluoride) is an inorganic linear compound which consists of a fluorine in a single bond with carbon, and a nitrogen in a triple bond with carbon. It is a toxic and explosive ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valor (political Party)
Valor (lit. ''Valour'') is a conservative and right-wing populist political party in Guatemala. History The party was established in 2017 by Ana Ingrid Bernat Cofiño. The party was initially re-founded with the tab of the late Progressive Liberation Party. It has 27 thousand affiliates. The first public act was in May 2017. Its leader is the former presidential candidate Zury Ríos Zury Mayté Ríos Sosa (born 24 January 1968) is a Guatemalan politician. She is the daughter of the late general, and President of Guatemala Efraín Ríos Montt. She began her political career with her father, whom she defended against accus .... Election results ''Congress of the Republic'' ''President of the Republic of Guatemala'' Notes References External links 2017 establishments in Guatemala Conservative parties in Guatemala Political parties established in 2017 Protestantism in Guatemala Protestant political parties {{Guatemala-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
