Vision with Values ( es, Visión con Valores, ViVa) is a political party in

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History

The party was established on 20 January 2007 by Harold Caballeros. It contested the 2011 general elections in alliance with

Encuentro por Guatemala Encuentro por Guatemala ("EG")– a Spanish name variously translated as "Encounter for Guatemala" (for example, by the BBC and CNN), or as "Together for Guatemala" (Reuters) – was a Guatemalan political party; ''encuentro'' may also translate ...

, nominating nominated Caballeros as its presidential candidate; Suger finished fifth in a field of ten candidates with 6% of the vote. In the Congressional elections the parties won six of the 158 seats. After the alliance with

ended, the party contested the elections in

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alone with

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 ...

, the daughter of general and military dictator

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, as its presidential candidate. Together with vice-presidential candidate Juan Luis Mirón, she received 6% of the vote. In the congressional elections the party received 4% of the vote and won five seats. In April 2019 congressional candidate

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, who stood for a seat in

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, was dismissed from the party after an arrest warrant from the Texas District Court concerning the production and distribution of heroin, was executed in Guatemala City. In

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the party nominated

Isaac Farchi Isaac Farchi Sultán (born 12 June 1960) is an international businessman and a politician. He is the son of the businessman Nissim Farchi Finkelstain, an Israeli born in Bulgaria, and Vilma Sultan Berchowitz, a Guatemalan of Israeli origin. Farch ...

as its presidential candidate. His campaign focused on corruption and security issues in Guatemala, naming Israel as a positive role model for the latter. He received about 6% of the vote. In the legislative elections the party increased its vote share slightly to 4.7%, winning seven seats. After the elections the party supported the agenda of President

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and supported the election of

Shirley Rivera Shirley Joanna Rivera Zaldaña (born on 22 September 1971) is a Guatemalan politician from the Vamos party, who is president of the Congress for the period 2022–2023, she is the third woman to preside over the Congress of Guatemala The Co ...

for President of the Congress in October 2021.

Election results

President

Congress

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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