The Party of the Guatemalan Revolution (, PRG) was formed in June 1952 during the

Guatemalan Revolution The period in the history of Guatemala between the coups against Jorge Ubico in 1944 and Jacobo Árbenz in 1954 is known locally as the Revolution ( es, La Revolución). It has also been called the Ten Years of Spring, highlighting the peak y ...

to unite the non-Communist parties which were supporting the administration of

Jacobo Árbenz Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán (; 14 September 191327 January 1971) was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as the 25th President of Guatemala. He was Minister of National Defense from 1944 to 1950, and the second democratical ...

. These included the Popular Liberation Front, the

National Renovation Party The National Renovation Party (Spanish: ''Partido Renovación Nacional'', PRN) was a reformist and progressive political party in Guatemala that was supportive of the government of Jacobo Arbenz. The PRN was founded by a group of the young revolu ...

, the Revolutionary Action Party, and the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

. The Communist

Guatemalan Party of Labour The Guatemalan Labour Party (''Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo'') was a communist party in Guatemala. It existed from 1949 to 1998. It gained prominence during the government of Jacobo Arbenz. It was one of the main forces of opposition to the ...

(PGT) was opposed to the formation of the PRG, fearing that it would undermine their influence in the government. The PAR and the PRN later withdrew. Although the PRG continued in existence until the overthrow of the President Árbenz, it had failed to achieve its original purpose of opposing Communist efforts to gain a predominant voice in the Árbenz government. It was disbanded after the coup d'état of 1954.

Bibliography

* ''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. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1982. * ''Political and agrarian development in Guatemala'' by Susan A. Berger Published in 1992, Westview Press (Boulder). * ''A case history of communist penetration: Guatemala''. by United States. Dept. of State. Office of Public Services. Published in 1957, (Washington). * Gleijeses, Piero, ''Shattered Hope: The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States, 1944-1954'', Princeton, 1991. * ''Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture: 2nd ed. 2008.'' Defunct political parties in Guatemala Guatemalan Revolution Socialist parties in Guatemala {{Guatemala-party-stub