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A crowd of people at a campaign rally for presidential candidate Mario Sandoval Alarcón of the National Liberation Movement (MLN) in Chiquimula, Department of Chiquimula. In the foreground of the image stand five men as they listen intently. One of them is wearing a hat. Carlos Castillo Armas founded the MLN in 1954 after a CIA-supported coup d'etat against democratically elected President Jacobo Árbenz. Una multitud de personas en un mitin de campaña en apoyo al candidato presidencial Mario Sandoval Alarcón del Movimiento de Liberación Nacional en Chiquimula, departamento de Chiquimula. En primera plana se observa a cinco hombres parados mientras escuchan atentamente. Uno de los hombres lleva puesto un sombrero. 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) Demonstrations
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