National Liberation Movement (Guatemala)

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National Liberation Movement
Movimiento de Liberación Nacional
President (last)
Far-right[9][10][11][12]
International affiliationWorld League for Freedom and Democracy
Colours  Blue
  White
  Red
Slogan¡MLN!
Party flag

The National Liberation Movement (Spanish: Movimiento de Liberación Nacional, MLN) was a Guatemalan political party formed in 1954 by Carlos Castillo Armas. The party served as political platform for the military junta.

History

The MLN was founded as the National Democratic Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Democratico Nacional, MDN) in 1954 by President Carlos Castillo Armas. It was the ruling party from 1954 until 1958. The party supported the government of President Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1958–1963).[13]

The 1963 coup that saw the government of Ydígoras Fuentes overthrown led to the MLN becoming the main party of the military. Although they were not successful in the presidential election of 1964 their candidate in 1970,

National Reformist Movement, split away after the coup although it never became a major factor in electoral politics.[13]

In the

1990 without much success, winning just 4 seats in Congress. Left to continue alone, it secured less than 1% in 1995 (winning a single seat) and again in 1999 (when it lost representation).[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ Canale Nanne, Jorge (2022-04-24). "Historia no contada: Movimiento de Liberación Nacional". El Siglo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  2. ^ "Guatemala Memoria del Silencio | Programa De Las Naciones Unidas Para El Desarrollo". UNDP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  3. ISBN 978-1-78533-688-1
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  4. ^ "UNHCR Web Archive".
  5. ISBN 978-1-4616-4514-6
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  6. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/12/08/carlos-arana-osorio-guatemal/68612950-fbeb-474b-8370-fdbe4d92da23/
  7. ^ "Guatemala, Heedful of the U.S., Seems Intent on Honest Election". The New York Times. 2 November 1977.
  8. ^ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T00826A000400010029-0.pdf
  9. ^ Kinzer, Stephen (July 1984). "Guatemala Picks Assembly Today". The New York Times.
  10. ^ Kinzer, Stephen (5 November 1985). "Christian Democrat Takes Big Lead in Guatemala". The New York Times.
  11. ^ https://www.plazapublica.com.gt/content/el-espectro-del-anticomunismo
  12. ^ https://www.prensalibre.com/uncategorized/mln-partido-anticomunista-y-de-derecha-extrema/
  13. ^
    ISBN 978-0313274183
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  14. ISBN 978-0029161203. Archived from the original
    on September 27, 2007.
  15. ISBN 978-0029161203. Archived from the original
    on August 2, 2012.
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