National Democratic Movement (Guatemala)
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Revolutionary Action Party
Partido Acción Revolucionaria |
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| President (last) | Fernando Romeo Lucas García |
| Founder | Carlos Castillo Armas |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Guatemala City |
| Youth wing | Juventud MLN |
| Paramilitary wing | Mano Blanca |
| Ideology |
Agrarianism Conservatism Economic liberalism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| International affiliation | World League for Freedom and Democracy |
| Colours | Blue, white, red |
| Slogan | ¡MLN! |
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The National Liberation Movement (Spanish: Movimiento de Liberación Nacional, MLN) was a Guatemalan political party formed in 1954 by Carlos Castillo Armas. The party served as political platform for the military junta.
The MLN was founded as National Democratic Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Democratico Nacional, MDN) in 1954 by President Carlos Castillo Armas. It was the ruling party from 1954 until 1958. The party supported the Government of President Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1958-1963).
The 1963 coup that saw the government of Ydígoras Fuentes overthrown led to the MLN becoming the main party of the military. Although they were not successful in the presidential election of 1964 their candidate in 1970, Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, was elected President, in coalition with the Institutional Democratic Party. Victory was also secured in the 1974 election when Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García's candidacy was also endorsed by the PID. However they later broke their alliance with the PID for the 1978 elections. Its candidate, former President Enrique Peralta Azurdia, placed second in the election. The party was close to the MANO death squad. Another faction of the party, the National Reformist Movement, had split away after the coup although it never became a major factor in electoral politics.
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