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Popular Democratic Front presidential candidate Ángel Aníbal Guevara speak at a campaign rally in March 1982. Seated beside Guevara is his running mate Ramiro Ponce Monroy. Many in the crowd are holding banners and posters in support of the candidates. The Popular Democratic Front was an alliance of the Institutional Democratic Party, the Revolutionary Party, and the National Unity Front. On March 8, 1982 he 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. El candidato presidencial del Frente Democrático Popular Ángel Aníbal Guevara habla durante un discurso en un mitin de campaña en marzo de 1982. Sentado junto a Guevara está su compañero de fórmula Ramiro Ponce Monroy. Muchos entre la multitud sostienen y agitan banderas y pósters apoyando a los candidatos. El Partido Democrático Popular era una alianza del Partido Institucional Democrático, el Partido Revolucionario y el Frente de la Unidad Nacional. El 8 de marzo de 1982, Guevara ganó las elecciones presidenciales aunque otros partidos reclamaron fraude electoral. Un golpe de estado militar previnó que Guevara asumiera el poder e instaló una junta de tres militares encabezada por el general Efraín Ríos Montt.
Documentary photographs Guatemala--Politics and government--1945-1985 Elections--Guatemala Partido Revolucionario (Guatemala) Demonstrations Political posters, Latin American
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