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Portrait of presidential candidate Mario Sandoval Alarcón of the National Liberation Movement (MLN) at a campaign event in Chiquimula, Department of Chiquimula. A cloth is wrapped around his neck after undergoing throat surgery. Carlos Castillo Armas founded the MLN in 1954 after a CIA-supported coup d'etat against democratically elected President Jacobo Árbenz. Retrato del candidato presidencial Mario Sandoval Alarcón en un evento de campaña del Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MLN) en Chiquimula, departamento de Chiquimula. El candidato viste un paño alrededor del cuello después de una cirugía de la garganta. 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 candidates
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