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2003 Guatemala Election
General elections were held in Guatemala on 9 November 2003, with a second round of the presidential election held on 28 December.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p323 Óscar Berger won the presidential election, representing the Grand National Alliance, a coalition of alliance of the Patriotic Party, the Reform Movement and the National Solidarity Party. The Alliance were also victorious in the Congressional elections, winning 47 of the 158 seats. Voter turnout was 57.9% in the Congressional elections, 58.9% in the first round of the presidential elections and 46.8% in the second.Nohlen, p324 Presidential election The ruling Republican Front of Guatemala (FRG) nominated former military ruler Efraín Ríos Montt to succeed outgoing president Alfonso Portillo Cabrera. A constitutional ban on former coup leaders (Ríos Montt during 1982–83) led to strong conflict inside the country, including the besiegement of Guatemala for a da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percentage Point
A percentage point or percent point is the unit (measurement), unit for the difference (mathematics), arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent is an increase of 4 percentage points (although it is a 10-percent increase in the quantity being measured, if the total amount remains the same). In written text, the unit (the percentage point) is usually either written out, or abbreviated as ''pp'', ''p.p.'', or ''%pt.'' to avoid confusion with percentage increase or decrease in the actual quantity. After the first occurrence, some writers abbreviate by using just "point" or "points". Differences between percentages and percentage points Consider the following hypothetical example: In 1980, 50 percent of the population smoked, and in 1990 only 40 percent of the population smoked. One can thus say that from 1980 to 1990, the prevalence of smoking decreased by 10 ''percentage points'' (or by 10 percent of the population) or by ''20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Unity Of Hope
The National Unity of Hope (, UNE) is a populist political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 2002 and defined itself as a social-democratic and Christian socialism, social-Christian party, but since transformed and is now described as a right-wing party. It is the largest political party in Guatemala by the number of members. Ideology At the time of its founding in 2002, it defined itself as a social-democratic and social-Christian party, but has gradually shifted to the right wing. It opposes lifting abortion and same-sex marriage bans in the country. However, it supports social programs aimed at uplifting the "forgotten" poor of the country. 2003 election At the legislative elections in Guatemala, elections held on November 9, 2003, the party won 17.9% of the popular vote and 32 out of 158 seats in Congress of Guatemala, Congress. Its presidential candidate Álvaro Colom won 26.4% in the presidential elections on the same day and was defeated in the second round, when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Front For Democracy
The Front for Democracy (''Frente por la Democracia'' or El Frente) was a political party in Guatemala. In the legislative elections An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ... held on 9 September 2007, the party secured 0.91% of the votes in the race for national-list deputies and held no seats in the 2008-12 Congress. ReferencesManifesto Catholic political parties Christian democratic parties in South America [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Union (Guatemala)
The Democratic Union (''Unión Democrática'') was a political party in Guatemala. At the legislative elections, 9 November 2003, the party won 2.2% of the popular vote and 2 out of 158 seats. In the legislative elections An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ... held on 9 September 2007, the party secured 1.41% of the votes in the race for national-list deputies and, save for defections, will have only one seat in the 2008–2012 Congress. In the presidential election of the same day, its candidate Manuel Conde Orellana won 0.76% of the popular vote. References Conservative parties in Guatemala Defunct political parties in Guatemala Political parties with year of disestablishment missing Political parties with year of establishment missing {{Guatemala-party-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Nation Alternative
The New Nation Alternative (''Alternativa Nueva Nación'') was a leftist political party in Guatemala. In the elections held on 9 November 2003, the party won 4.9% of the popular vote and 6 out of 158 seats. In the elections An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ... held on 9 September 2007, the party secured 1.35% of the votes in the race for national-list deputies and, save for defections, will have no representation in the 2008-12 Congress. In the presidential election of the same day, its candidate Jorge Ismael Soto won 0.59% of the popular vote. Given its lack of representation in Congress and its insufficient percentage of the presidential vote, the party was forced to disband in 2007 in accordance with Guatemalan election law. References 1999 establishments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Conde Orellana
Manuel Eduardo Conde Orellana (born 20 December 1956) is a Guatemalan attorney and politician who served as a member of the Congress of Guatemala from 2016 to 2024. Previously, he ran as presidential candidate in the 2003 election and 2007 election. Conde participated as a presidential candidate in 2023 election for the political party Vamos. He placed third next to Semilla candidate Bernardo Arévalo César Bernardo Arévalo de León (; born 7 October 1958) is a Guatemalan diplomat, sociologist, writer, and politician serving as the 52nd and current president of Guatemala since 2024. A member and co-founder of the Movimiento Semilla, Semill ... and former first lady Sandra Torres. References Living people 20th-century Guatemalan lawyers Politicians from Guatemala City Members of the Congress of Guatemala Rafael Landívar University alumni National Advancement Party politicians Vamos (Guatemala) politicians 1956 births Candidates for President of Guatemala< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Participative Democracy
The Social Participative Democracy (''Democracia Social Participativa'') was a political party in Guatemala. At the last legislative elections, held on 9 November 2003, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote but no seats in Congress. Its presidential candidate José Ángel Lee José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ... won 1.6% in the presidential elections of the same day. It became deregistered after it failed to achieve either 5% or a single deputy in the 2003 election. The idea of Social Participative Democracy stems from the idea of decentralization, meaning that civil members of a society should be able to be more actively involved in governmental decisions. References Defunct political parties in Guatemala {{Guatemala-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guatemalan Christian Democracy
Guatemalan Christian Democracy (, DCG) was a Christian democratic political party in Guatemala. The DCG was a member of Christian Democrat International.Peter Calvert (2004) ''A Political and Economic Dictionary of Latin America'', Routledge History The party was established on 24 August 1955 by a group of Catholic businessmen.Robert J. Alexander (1982) ''Political parties of the Americas'', Greenwood Press, p422 Although initially a right wing-party, it gradually turned leftwards as younger leaders emerged. It won five of the 66 seats in the December 1955 Congressional elections. In the 1957 general elections it nominated Miguel Asturias Quiñóne as its presidential candidate; Asturias finished third out of the three candidates with 11% of the vote. In the 1958 general elections it was part of a multi-party coalition that nominated José Luis Cruz Salazar for the presidency;Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacobo Árbenz Vilanova
Jacobo Árbenz Vilanova (born 13 November 1946) is a Politics of Guatemala, politician in Guatemala. He is the son of former progressive President of Guatemala, Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán, who was overthrown in a CIA sponsored 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état, coup d'état in 1954. Arbenz Vilanova fled the country following the ouster of his father's government and spent almost 50 years in exile — in Mexico, France, Switzerland, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union, Uruguay, Cuba and El Salvador, but mostly in Costa Rica – before deciding to return during the administration of Alfonso Portillo. After unsuccessfully trying to form his own political party to fight the 2003 Guatemala election, 2003 presidential election, he was accepted as the candidate of the Guatemalan Christian Democracy, Christian Democracy party (DCG) after two earlier DCG presidential candidates withdrew. The DCG ticket, comprising Arbenz Vilanova and vice preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Authentic Integral Development
Authentic Integral Development () was a left-wing nationalist political party in Guatemala. At the 2003 Guatemalan general election, held on 9 November 2003, the party won 3.0% of the popular vote and 1 out of 158 seats in Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of .... Its presidential candidate Eduardo Suger Cofiño won 2.2% in the presidential elections of the same day. In the 2007 Guatemalan general election, held on 9 September 2007, the party secured 1.43% of the votes in the race for national-list deputies and, save for defections, will have no representation in the 2008-12 Congress. In the presidential election of the same day, its candidate Héctor Rosales won 0.57% of the popular vote. The party has been deregistered since it achieved neither 5% of the vot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Suger
Eduardo Suger Cofiño (November 29, 1938) is a Swiss-born Guatemalan physicist, scholar, educator, and politician. He is one of the founders of Galileo University in Guatemala City and of the Suger Montano Institute. Suger was the first Central American to receive his PhD in physics. Early life Suger was born in Zürich, Switzerland on 29 November 1938 to Emilio Suger, a Swiss national, and Estela Cofiño Valladares of Acatenango, Chimaltenango, Guatemala. When World War II broke out, Suger's father was called up to complete his mandatory military service. Suger's mother spoke no German despite living in Switzerland and traveled to the Guatemalan Consulate in Germany for help returning to Guatemala. Shortly after she and Suger returned, she married Enrique Castañeda Rubio, an engineer and official in the Army, and had four more children. Suger lived with his maternal grandmother nearby from the time his mother remarried until his grandmother passed away in 1949/1950. Education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
The Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (in Spanish: ''Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca'', URNG-MAIZ or most commonly URNG) is a Guatemalan political party that started as a guerrilla movement in 1982. The party laid down its arms in 1996 and became a legal political party in 1998, after the peace process which ended the Guatemalan Civil War. History Background ''PBSUCCESS'' and early insurgency Since the CIA-backed coup in 1954, opposition groups were continuously forming in an attempt to fight against the repression that the military and wealthy landowners in Guatemala had created. The ensuing military dictatorship of Carlos Castillo Armas immediately on 28 June 1954 banned the Guatemalan Party of Labour (PGT) and shortly later other labor unions and left-wing parties with suspected communist sympathies via Decree 4880. After the assassination of Castillo Armas by a left-wing member of the presidential guard, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes prevailed in the ens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
