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Title
A crowd of supporters at a Guevara campaign rally, Guatemala City, 1982
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1982-02-27
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
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Description
A crowd of people hold posters and banners in support of presidential candidate Ángel Aníbal Guevara. One poster reads, "A New Era of Today with Guevara and Ponce Monroy" and contains a portrait of each candidate. A man in the middle is wearing a red and white cap with a Mitsubishi patch on it. Mitsubishi is a Japanese manufacturer. A woman are standing on the right of the image in the foreground is wearing a red cap with the word "Toyota" on it. They are wearing a On March 8, 1982 Guevara won the presidential election although electoral fraud was claimed by other parties. A military coup prevented Guevara from assuming power and installed a three-man junta headed by General Efraín Ríos Montt.
Una multitud de personas sostiene pósters y pancartas en apoyo del candidato presidencial Ángel Aníbal Guevara. Un cartel dice: "Nueva Era De Hoy, Con Guevara y Ponce Monroy" y contiene un retrato de cada candidato. Un hombre en el medio de la imagen lleva una cachucha rojiblanca con un parche de la compañia japonesa Mitsubishi. Una mujer parada sobre la derecha de la imagen . El 8 de marzo de 1982, Guevara ganó las elecciones presidenciales aunque el fraude electoral fue denunciado por otros partidos. Un golpe de estado militar impidió que Guevara asumiera el poder e instaló una junta de tres hombres encabezada por el general Efraín Ríos Montt.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B12.07.38.16
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/8605
Subject
Spectators
Presidential campaigns--Guatemala
F.U.N. (Political party : Guatemala)
Place
Guatemala (Guatemala)
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B12.07.38.16.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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