General elections were held 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 ...
on 7 November 1999, with a second round of the presidential elections on 26 December.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p323 Alfonso Portillo
Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera (born 24 September 1951) is a Guatemalan politician who served as President of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004.
He took office on 14 January 2000, representing the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), the party then ...
won the presidential elections, whilst his
Guatemalan Republican Front
The Institutional Republican Party ( es, Partido Republicano Institucional), until 2013 known as the Guatemalan Republican Front (''Frente Republicano Guatemalteco''), was a right-wing to far-right political party in Guatemala.
History
It was cre ...
also won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 53.8% on 7 November and 40.4% on 26 December.
[Nohlen, p324]
Media owner
Remigio Ángel González
Remigio Ángel González is a Mexican-born owner of the Latin American media network Albavisión. He has lived in Miami since 1987. The network (previously named Televideo Services) is named for his wife Alba Elvira Lorenzana, who is from Guatemala ...
gave more than $2.6 million and free airtime to
Alfonso Portillo
Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera (born 24 September 1951) is a Guatemalan politician who served as President of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004.
He took office on 14 January 2000, representing the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), the party then ...
's campaign,
[Rockwell, Rick and Janus, Noreene (2001), "Stifling Dissent: the fallout from a Mexican media invasion of Central America, ''Journalism Studies'', 2: 4, 497 — 512] which led to some political analysts to claim that the free adverts helped Portillo win the election.
[ After becoming president, Portillo appointed Gonzalez's brother-in-law ]Luis Rabbé
Luis Armando Rabbé Tejada (born 26 May 1956) is a Guatemalan politician and media entrepreneur. He was President of the Congress of Guatemala between 14 January 2015 and 14 January 2016. Rabbé was elected to the Congress of Guatemala in the 201 ...
to the post of Minister of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing, a post which included responsibility for overseeing the broadcast media.[Domination of Latin airwaves has 'Ghost' scaring his critics]
Associated Press
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, 9 June 2002 The presidential election also established a pattern for the next 16 years in which the runner-up of the previous contest then went on to win.
Results
President
Congress
References
Bibliography
*Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
*Political handbook of the world 1999. New York, 2000.
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Elections in Guatemala
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 ...
1999 in Guatemala
Presidential elections in Guatemala