Will, Opportunity and Solidarity () is a political party in

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History

The political party was registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in 2020. Immigrant rights activist Marcos Antil is one of the party's founders. Secretary General Carlos Bezares was previously candidate for URNG,

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and

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. The

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had an internal division between deputies opponents and supporters of Sandra Torres in 2020, caused by Torres's accusations of corruption and poor electoral results in

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, as well as her support for the government of

Alejandro Giammattei Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla (; born 9 March 1956) is a Guatemalan politician who was the 51st president of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024. He is a former director of the Guatemalan penitentiary system and participated in Guatemala's presid ...

. A faction opposing Torres removed her as leader and expelled her from the party in 2021. However, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal ruled in favor of Torres and allowed her to continue as party leader. A few days after the decision of the electoral court, the opposition group to Sandra Torres announced its resignation from the National Unity of Hope, to found the "Parliamentary Opposition Group", in reference to its parliamentary opposition to the Giammattei government. The Parliamentary Opposition Group and deputy

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approached the Will, Opportunity and Solidarity political party. On 7 December 2022, the party was registered with the electoral body. On 22 December 2022, former presidential candidate

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joined the party.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Legislative elections

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2020 establishments in Guatemala Political parties established in 2020 Socialist parties in Guatemala {{Guatemala-party-stub