Ricardo Rosales Román (February 14, 1934 – January 2, 2020) was the head of the
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) beginning in 1974 through 1998. His
nom de guerre
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was Carlos González. Rosales joined the leadership of the
URNG in 1986. The PGT disbanded in 1998 after the conclusion of the country's civil war.
Rosales was born in Guatemala City. He was elected to several leadership posts of student organizations while studying at the
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC, ''University of San Carlos of Guatemala'') is the largest and oldest university of Guatemala; it is also the fourth founded in the Americas. Established in the Kingdom of Guatemala during the Spani ...
in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He joined the PGT in September 1963.
He is a signatory of the
1996 Peace Accords
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.
He was elected as a member of the
Congress of Guatemala
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on the URNG ticket from 2000 to 2004. As of 2009, he was a columnist for the Guatemalan daily newspaper ''La Hora''.
He died in Guatemala City on January 2, 2020.
See also
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History of Guatemala
The history of Guatemala begins with the Maya civilization (300 BC – 250 AD), which was among those that flourished in their country. The country's modern history began with the Spanish conquest of Guatemala in 1524. Most of the great ...
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Guatemalan Civil War
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References
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1934 births
2020 deaths
People from Guatemala City
Guatemalan Party of Labour politicians
Members of the Congress of Guatemala
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala alumni