Rodrigo Asturias
Rodrigo Asturias Amado (30 October 1939 – June 15, 2005) was a Guatemalan guerrilla leader and politician.
Biography
Asturias was born in
University of Chile and the National Autonomous University of Mexico
.
Following the outbreak of the
Hombres de maíz, one of his father's novels. When four guerrilla groups, including these two, combined to create the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
(Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca, URNG) in 1982, Asturias emerged as one of the four leaders of its general command. He was the only one of the leaders not to participate in signing the peace agreement reached with the government in the early 1990s.
Following the re-establishment of the constitutional order, Asturias fought the 2003
presidential election as the candidate of the URNG; his vice-presidential running mate was Pablo Ceto
. In the first round ballot, he received 2.6% of the popular vote.
He died of a heart attack at his home on June 15, 2005 in Guatemala City.
External links
- (in Spanish) Obituary
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