Jorge Carpio Nicolle

Jorge Carpio Nicolle (October 24, 1932 – July 3, 1993) was a prominent Guatemalan politician and newspaper publisher. He was the founder of the Unión del Centro Nacional (National Centrist Union, or UCN) in 1984, and ran as the party's candidate for president in the elections of 1985 and 1990. He came in second in both elections. He was the founder, director and editor of El Gráfico, at one time one of Guatemala's largest newspapers. He also founded La Tarde, El Deportivo, La Razón, and other newspapers during his career. He also served as Guatemala's Ambassador to the United Nations, and formed part of the commission on human rights (1966) He was assassinated on July 3, 1993, along with Juan Vicente Villacorta Fajardo who was a member of one of Guatemala's oldest and well known political families and two other political leaders of the UCN, in the municipality of Chichicastenango, El Quiché. Surviving witnesses reported that the murders took place after the group was intercepted by members of the Army Self Defense Patrols, a type of paramilitary unit under the control of the Guatemalan Army. According to his widow, Marta Arrivillaga de Carpio, who was with Carpio and the others during the attack, the party's minivan was stopped by a group of armed men in ski masks. The assailants said "You're Jorge Carpio" and then shot him three times. The other victims of the attack were Alejandro Ávila Guzmán, and Rigoberto Rivas González.

Shortly before Carpio's assassination, his first cousin, Ramiro de León Carpio, was appointed President after the failed auto-coup by Jorge Serrano Elías.

Jorge Carpio was the representation of Guatemala as a Delegate to the UN General Assembly, appointed by the Chancellor Emilio Arenales Catalan to represent Guatemala in the Third Committee of that organization in 1967. That year he wrote other covenants on Human Rights, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Protocol on Civil and Political Rights. Jorge Carpio sponsored events and activities for the needy population of the country. He chaired the GRC and the Organization of Fire. Promoted the implementation of the Special Olympics for Handicapped Children and was driving several of the most important cycling laps had Guatemala.

In 1960 founded "El Grafico Deportivo" and in 1961 the weekly news, ”El Grafico del Jueves ". In 1963 came "El Grafico", from which it is presented as a journalist and columnist for 30 years. As a journalist, was president of several national and regional organizations such as: Media Advertising Federation of Central America and Panama (FEMEPCAP) between 1974–75, the Advertising Media Association of Guatemala (AMPG) between 1975–76 and 77; the Media Federation of Central America between 1979–82, the Guatemalan Chamber of Journalism from 1980-81 (he was appointed Honorary President), the Newspaper Association of America (JV) between 1982-83. The Media Federation of Central America (FEMECA) 1982-83. During his presidency of the Media Federation of Central America and Panama, won the Gold Award Kin, for advertising campaigns "We are five people and one destiny" and "Let us live in peace, violence down," which were broadcast mass and simultaneously across all media in Central America.

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