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A large crowd of people of attend a campaign rally in support of presidential candidate Ángel Aníbal Guevara. Five wheelchair users in the front wear hats with "RR." Many people in the crowd hold and wave small yellow flags. A banner on the left of the image reads, "The Mayan colony supports Guevara and Ponce." 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 gran multitud de personas sostienen pósters y pancartas en apoyo al candidato presidencial Ángel Aníbal Guevara en su mitin de campaña. Cinco usuarios de sillas de ruedas en la parte delantera usan sombreros con "RR". Un cartel sobre la izquierda de la imagen lee "La colonia maya apoya a Guevara y Ponce". Muchas personas en la multitud sostienen y agitan banderas amarillas pequeñas. 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.
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