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n political party; ''encuentro'' may also translate as "gathering", "meeting", or "union". Its logo is a red circle with four green dots on its circumference, representing the coming together of the four peoples that make up the Guatemalan nationality:

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, Xincas and Ladinos.

History

Foundation and early splits

The party was founded in 2007, in the run-up to that year's 9 September

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. Its presidential candidate was

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, the

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-winning indigenous activist, running on a ticket with businessman Luis Fernando Montenegro as her vice-presidential hopeful. They secured 3.09% of the popular vote. In the

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election held on the same day, the party fared somewhat better, receiving 6.17% of the popular vote, which was enough to secure them four national-list deputies in Congress for the 2008–12 legislative period:

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, Nineth Montenegro and

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. Subsequently, only Nineth Montenegro has remained with the party; the other three deputies have left Encounter for Guatemala to operate as independents. Rodolfo Aníbal García has since formed a new political party, the New Republic Movement (

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). Rigoberta Menchú has gone on to form the

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political party. Both MNR and WInaq participated in the 2011 elections as part of the Broad Leftist Front (Frente Amplio de Izquierda).

Shift to the right

For the

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, Encuentro formed a political alliance with center-right

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, another political party; its presidential and vice-presidential candidates were Harold Caballeros and Efraín Medina, with party leader Nineth Montenegro leading the list of legislative candidates. The alliance between the two parties eventually broke up and the party ran on its own again in

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, receiving 6.35% of the national vote for the legislature, while its presidential ticket with José Ángel López and Peter Lamport fared significantly worse garnering only 0.91% of the vote.

Electoral decline and closure

In the 2019 election, the party chose Manfredo Marroquín as its presidential candidate. He came in fourteenth place with 1.15% of the vote. In the Legislative Election, the party won 1.79% of the vote and no seats in Congress. Having failed to secure the minimum of 5% of the popular vote or one seat in Congress, Encuentro por Guatemala forfeited its registration as a party.

Election results

''Congress of the Republic''

''President of the Republic of Guatemala''

Notes

References

External links

Encuentro por Guatemala party web site¿Qué es Winaq?
2007 establishments in Guatemala Indigenist political parties in North America Political parties established in 2007 Social democratic parties in North America Socialist parties in Guatemala Defunct political parties in Guatemala Political parties disestablished in 2020 {{Guatemala-party-stub