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A poster of Presidential candidate of the National Liberation Movement (MLN), Mario Sandoval Alarcón sitting at a desk hangs above a portrait of the Black Christ of Esquipulas, a wooden image of Christ housed in the Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas in Esquipulas, Guatemala. It is one of many Black Christ images found throughout Central America and Mexico. Below the poster is a cross and campaign flyer that reads, "Vote like this. Our commitment is with God and seven million Guatemalans, 1982-1986." Carlos Castillo Armas founded the MLN in 1954 after a CIA-supported coup d'etat against democratically elected President Jacobo Árbenz. Un póster del candidato presidencial del Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MLN), Mario Sandoval Alarcón sentado en un escritorio yace sobre la pared arriba de un retrato del Cristo Negro de Esquipulas, una imagen de Cristo de madera conservada en la catedral basílica de Esquipulas en Esquipulas, Guatemala. Es una de las varias imagenes del Cristo negro encontradas en Centroamerica y México. Debajo del póster tambien se observa un volante de campaña que lee "Vote así. Nuestro compromiso es con Dios y siete millones de guatemaltecos". Carlos Castillo Armas fundó el MLN en 1954 después de un golpe de Estado apoyado por la CIA contra el presidente electo democráticamente, Jacobo Árbenz.
Documentary photographs Guatemala--Politics and government--1945-1985 Elections--Guatemala Sandoval Alarcón, Mario Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (Guatemala) Political posters, Latin American Political candidates
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