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A group of people attend presidential candidate Ángel Aníbal Guevara's campaign rally in Ciudad Vieja. Two campaign posters of Guevara hang on a window with the initials of the Institutional Democratic Party (PID) and the National Unity Front (FUN). Both posters contain a portrait of Guevara wearing a military uniform. The poster on the right of the image also contains a portrait of his running mate Ramiro Ponce Monroy. The poster on the left of the image reads, "General Ángel Aníbal Guevara Rodríguez 1982 President 1986." Many in the crowd are wearing hats. 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. Un grupo de personas asiste a un mitin de campaña del candidato presidencial Ángel Aníbal Guevara en Ciudad Vieja. Dos carteles de campaña de Guevara cuelgan sobre una ventana con las iniciales del Partido Institucional Democrático (PID) y el Frente de Unidad Nacional (FUN). Los dos pósters contienen un retrato de Guevara llevando uniforme militar. El póster sobre la derecha de la imagen contiene un retrato de su compañero de fórmula Ramiro Ponce Monroy. El póster sobre la izquierda de la imagen lee "General Ángel Aníbal Guevara Rodríguez 1982 Presidente 1986". Muchos entre la multitud llevan sombreros. 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.
Presidential candidates--Guatemala F.U.N. (Political party : Guatemala) Political campaigns Presidential elections--Guatemala Spectators Political posters, Latin American
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