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Juan Federico Ponce Vaides (27 March 1889 – 29 January 1956) was the acting President of Guatemala from 4 July 1944 to 20 October 1944. He was overthrown by a popular uprising on 20 October 1944 that began the Guatemalan Revolution. [1]
Taracena Arriola, Arturo. "Liberalismo y poder político en Centroamérica (1870–1929).” Historia general de Centroamérica . 1994. San José: FLACSO. Volume 4. Rendón, Catherine. "El gobierno de Manuel Estrada Cabrera". Historia general de Guatemala. 1993–1999. Guatemala: Asociación de Amigos del País, Fundación para la Cultura y el ...
The President of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala (Spanish: Presidente del Congreso de la República de Guatemala) is the presiding officer of the legislature. [1] Until 1996 the title was President of the National Congress. Below is a partial list of office-holders:
Manuel José Estrada Cabrera (21 November 1857 – 24 September 1924) was the President of Guatemala from 1898 to 1920. A lawyer with no military background, he modernised the country's industry and transportation infrastructure, via granting concessions to the American-owned United Fruit Company, whose influence on the government was deeply unpopular among the population.
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio (July 17, 1918 [1] – December 6, 2003) was a military officer and politician who served as the 35th president of Guatemala from 1970 to 1974. A member of the National Liberation Movement, his government enforced torture, disappearances, and killings against political and military adversaries, as well as common criminals.
This was the first monumental building ever built in the Republican era of Guatemala, [1] given that in the 1850s the country finally was enjoying some peace and prosperity. [ 2 ] Appleton's Guide to México and Guatemala of 1884 describes the theater as follows: «In the middle of the square is the Theater, similar in size and elegance to any ...
Morales was born in Guatemala City to José Everardo Morales Orellana and Celita Ernestina Cabrera Acevedo. [1] He comes from a circus family and is an Evangelical Christian . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] His father was killed in a car accident when he was three years old, prompting him, his mother and three siblings to move to his grandparents' house, where he ...
The party originated in the pre-independence Cacos group, who were in favour of a free market economic system. [5] It became the ruling party of the Federal Republic of Central America in 1830 when Francisco Morazán became president.