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PRESIDENT FIDEL RAMOS OF THE PHILIPPINES AND NUR MISUARI OF THE MORO NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT TO RECEIVE UNESCO’S 1997 FELIX HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY PEACE PRIZE {23 March 1998} Paris, January 28 {No.98-53} - President Fidel Ramos of the Philippines and Nur Misuari, Chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front were today named joint laureates of the 1997 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize by an international jury presided by former US Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Henry Kissinger. The international jury of the Prize - composed of jurists, elder statesmen and former heads of state and Nobel Peace Prize laureates - last year honoured both Guatemalan President Alvaro Arzu and Guatemalan guerrilla leader Rolando Moran. Previous winners were the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and its High Commissioner Sadako Ogata (1995); King Juan Carlos of Spain and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (1994); Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat (1993); the International Law Academy in The Hague (1992); Nelson Mandela and Frederik W. De Klerk (1991). www.unesco.org /op/eng/unescopress/98-53e.htm

Guatemala: country profile The Republican Guatemalan Front (FRG); the National Progress Party (NPP), conservative; the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (UNRG), a coalition of different armed groups, extreme-left; the Guatemalan Christian Democracy (CDG). Non-parliamentary organizations: Solidarity Action Movement (MAS) and National Liberation Movement (MLN) of an authoritarian tendency; New Guatemala Democratic Front; National Centrist Union (UCN); Social Democratic Party (PSD); Democratic Union (UD); Civil Society Assembly. Spanish is official but most of the population speak one of the 22 Maya dialects. gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_profile.cfm?Id=40   (377 words)

The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Political parties and leaders Botswana Democratic Party or BDP [Festus MOGAE]; Botswana National Front or BNF [Otswoletse MOUPO]; Botswana Congress Party or BCP [Otiandisa KOOSQLEDSE]; Botswana Alliance Movement or BAM [Ephraim Lepetu SETSHWAELO] Democratic National Party or PND [ADEN Robleh Awaleh]; Democratic Renewal Party or PRD [Abdillahi HAMARITEH]; Front pour la Restauration de l'Unite Democratique or FRUD [Ali Mohamed DAOUD]; People's Progress Assembly or RPP (governing party) [Ismail Omar GUELLEH] National Alliance or NA [George ODLUM]; Saint Lucia Freedom Party or SFP [Martinus FRANCOIS]; Saint Lucia Labor Party or SLP [Kenneth ANTHONY]; Sou Tout Apwe Fete Fini or STAFF [Christopher HUNTE]; United Workers Party or UWP [Dr. Morella JOSEPH] www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2118.html   (3104 words)

List of political parties in Guatemala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (GNRU) (Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca) (URNG) en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Guatemala   (3104 words)

Guatemala Controlled by the anti-corruption parties--the populist Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) headed by ex-Gen. Efrain Rios Montt, and the center-right National Advancement Party (PAN)--the new Congress began to move away from the corruption that characterized its predecessors. However, evangelical Protestants appear to be represented in greater proportion in the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), which became the governing party when it won the presidency and a majority in Congress in the winter 1999 elections. Mejia justified his coup, saying that "religious fanatics" were abusing their positions in the government and also because of "official corruption." Seven people were killed in the coup, although Rios Montt survived to found a political party (the Guatemalan Republic Front) and to be elected President of Congress in 1995 and 2000. www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/guatemala.htm   (3104 words)

Guatemala News, 2001 to 2004 -- Prevent Genocide International While the ruling Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) party gears up for the official start of this year’s national election campaign, a genocide case against the party’s presidential candidate and current Congress president, General Efraín Ríos Montt, edges closer to the courthouse doors. In the 17 months since the hard-line Guatemalan Republican Front took power, assassinations, death threats, and attacks have escalated against opposition politicians, indigenous and campesino activists, human rights workers, and members of the country's judiciary, say human rights advocates. Exacerbating Portillo's political troubles, observers say, is a power struggle within his Guatemalan Republican Front. www.preventgenocide.org /americas/guatemala   (3104 words)

Encyclopedia: History of Guatemala Controlled by the anti-corruption parties — the populist Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) headed by Ríos Montt, and the center-right National Advancement Party (PAN) — the new Congress began to move away from the corruption that characterized its predecessors. Guatemalan Party of Labour The Guatemalan Party of Labour (Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo) was a Communist party in Guatemala. National elections for president, Congress, and municipal offices were held in November 1995. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Guatemala   (6307 words)

Our Campaigns - New User Account United National Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland www.ourcampaigns.com /cgi-bin/r.cgi/newaccount.html   (6307 words)

FHRG - Who We Are On December 29, 1996, the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) and the Guatemalan government signed a global Peace Accord, seeking to resolve the problems generated by the internal armed conflict in Guatemala. We also work at a national level in the United States, coordinating with organizations such as the Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC/USA), the Coalition for the Missing, the National Network Atanacio Tzul and the United Representation of Guatemalan Opposition (RUOG). Nineth Montenegro - Congresswoman for the Guatemalan New Democratic Front (FDNG) www.fhrg.org /history.htm   (993 words)

IDEX : Countries : Guatemala Guatemala is still recovering from a 36-year civil war in which the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) guerillas fought to overthrow successive U.S.-backed military regimes. However, rampant government corruption and the strong influence of the military-backed Republican Front of Guatemala (FRG) party derailed the implementation of the Accords and deflated the once-high hopes for just and sustainable development in Guatemala. In contrast, of the poorest 10% of the population, 75% are women. www.idex.org /country.php?country_id=6   (690 words)

Jennifer Harbury Letters & Information The Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) declared a unilateral ceasefire from November 1 to 13 to contribute to the peaceful celebration of the general elections scheduled for November 12. The demonstrators, assisted by the National Indigenous and Peasant Coordination (CONIC), told members of Congress that the land is of public utility and necessity, because of which it should be expropriated. Noticias de Guatemala, 20-08-95 The assembly of the Revolutionary Party (PR) to take place this morning has been described as decisive for the future of the democratic left, since the party is attempting to change its name so as to officially represent the New Guatemala Democratic Front (FDNG) in the coming general elections. www.eecs.umich.edu /~pavr/harbury/archive/1995/ng082595.html   (2976 words)

National Catholic Reporter: Rios Montt's political star grows dimmer: Arzu leads in polls - Gen. Efrain Rios Montt; Alvaro Arzu; Guatemala Nov. '95 presidential race The Guatemalan Republican Front's bid to tarnish the National Advancement Party backfired when public criticism focused not on the National Advancement Party's creative campaign financing but rather on the Guatemalan Republican Front's eavesdropping. Yet he and his party, the Guatemalan Republican Front, or FRG, have been embroiled in a series of scandals that have stained Rios Montt's image as an honest man. Since April, rumors ran through the Guatemalan Congress that Rios Montt's party was listening in on private telephone conversations. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1141/is_n36_v31/ai_17165349   (1147 words)

CIA -- The World Factbook -- Political parties and leaders People's Front for Democracy and Justice or PFDJ, the only party recognized by the government [ISAIAS Afworki, PETROS Solomon]; note - the National Assembly has appointed a committee to draft a law on political parties Two national, mainstream governing parties are: Unity for National Progress or UPRONA [Luc RUKINGAMA, president]; Burundi Democratic Front or FRODEBU [Jean MINANI, president] Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Efrain DIAZ Arrivillaga, president]; Democratic Unification Party or PUD [Marias FUNES Valladares, president]; Liberal Party or PL [Carlos Roberto FLORES Facusse, president]; National Innovation and Unity Party-Social Democratic Party or PINU-SD [Olban VALLADARES, president]; National Party of Honduras or PN [Carlos URBIZO, president] www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/wofact2001/fields/political_parties_and_leaders.html   (1147 words)

Goathemayatravel At the present time the government of the Guatemalan Republican Front is going through a governing crisis because of the lack of a national project that integrates all the organized sectors of the society. Finally on year 1999/2000 the Guatemalan Republican Front won the elections, Licenciado Alfonso Portillo is the current president of the Republic of Guatemala. Something to be considered in the Guatemalan electoral campaigns is the fact that almost all the time there are two important elements: The symbol of the party and the figure of the candidate. www.goathemayatravel.com /informacion3_in.htm   (1147 words)

Inter Press Service News Agency The left, represented by the former guerrilla National Guatemalan Revolutionary Unity, and the New Nation Alliance, led by lawmaker Nineth Montenegro, made a poor showing as projected. Retired general Ríos Montt, the founder of the corruption-tainted ruling Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), took just 11 percent. Analysts say compliance with the terms laid out in the peace deal would be the best way to set up a national agenda that would broaden the participation of Guatemala's impoverished indigenous majority, who account for around 60 percent of the population. www.ipsnews.net /sendnews.asp?idnews=21020   (1147 words)

Guatemala Facts - ip2stats.com secretary general]; guatemalan republican front or frg [efrain rios montt]; movement for guatemalan unity or mgu [jacobo arbenz villanueva]; movement for principals and values or mpv [francisco bianchi]; national advancement party or pan [leonel lopez rodas. authentic integral development or dia [eduardo suger]; democratic union or ud [rodolfo paiz andrade]; grand national alliance or gana [oscar berger perdomo]; green party or lov [rodolfo rosales garcis-salaz]; guatemalan christian democracy or dcg [vinicio cerezo arevalo]; guatemalan national revolutionary unity or urng [alba estela maldonado. guatemalan squatters continue to settle in belize border region; oas brokered differendum in 2002 creating small adjustment to land boundary. www.ip2stats.com /Guatemala_fact.html   (1147 words)

Elections in Guatemala Guatemalan National Revolucionary Unity (Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca) Frente Republicano Guatemalteco (Guatemalan Republican Front): authoritarian party Partido de Avanzade Nacional (National Advancement Party): conservative party www.electionworld.org /guatemala.htm   (286 words)

PAN Wins, Democratic Left Makes Gains in Elections The left-leaning New Guatemalan Democratic Front (FDNG), founded only four months ago, defied pollsters and have emerged as the third force in congress after Sunday's national elections. The Front came in third in the capital and fourth in most other areas of the country. The neoliberal National Advancement Party's (PAN) Alvaro Arz captured first place with 36.5 percent of the vote, not enough to avoid a run-off vote for president scheduled for next January 7. www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/47/049.html   (286 words)

IRI : Around The Globe The left-wing New Nation Alliance (ANN), led by the former guerillas of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unit, is among the smaller parties, but has consolidated its role as the number three contender, making it a potential kingmaker in a run-off. Recent polls indicate that the rightist Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), which is closely associated with the country's conservative religious and military sectors, is ahead in voter preference. Ideological ambiguity of the political parties and their candidates is common in Guatemala, while making candidates like Portillo more attractive in some circles also leaves many Guatemalans further frustrated by their inability to identify a platform or political program with the candidates and political parties in contention. www.iri.org /pub.asp?id=8338844771   (1446 words)

Vol 19 No 6 of the Central America and Mexico Report from the Religious Task Force on Central America and Mexico Guatemala -- FRG wins elections -- Post-Christmas vote to determine president: The triumph of Alfonso Portillo, presidential candidate of the rightist Guatemalan Republican Front, in Guatemala's November 7 national elections has thrust the country into a period of uncertainty about its political future. Portillo's 17 point margin of victory over his main opponent Oscar Berger, candidate of the ruling National Advancement Party (PAN), was a decisive repudiation of the government of President Alvaro Arzú and the PAN which has failed to improve the social and economic conditions for the majority of Guatemalans after 34 years of civil war. One is the rightist party founded by death squad leaders and elements of the oligarchy and now evolved into a party of neoliberal technocrats and wealthy elites, and the other the party formed from the guerrilla front that waged 12 years of insurgent warfare against the government. www.rtfcam.org /report/volume_19/No_6/vol_19_no_6.htm   (1064 words)

americas.org - Arzu Elected President With only one-third of the nation’s 3.7 million registrants voting in a January 7 presidential run-off, Alvaro Arzú Irigoyen of the right-wing National Advancement Party (PAN) narrowly defeated Alfonso Portillo of the right-wing Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG). Portillo promised voters that he would appoint Ríos Montt as both defense minister and interior minister for complete control over national security. PAN also won a majority in the Guatemalan legislature and won 108 of the country’s 300 mayoral posts. www.americas.org /item_12700   (253 words)

Elections in Guatemala Guatemalan National Revolucionary Unity (Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca) Frente Republicano Guatemalteco (Guatemalan Republican Front): authoritarian party Partido de Avanzade Nacional (National Advancement Party): conservative party www.electionworld.org /guatemala.htm   (286 words)

Elections in Guatemala Guatemalan National Revolucionary Unity (Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca) Frente Republicano Guatemalteco (Guatemalan Republican Front): authoritarian party Guatemala (Spanish: Guatemala) is a country in Central America. www.electionworld.org /guatemala.htm   (286 words)

Guatemala A leftist coalition of parties, the New Guatemala Democratic Front (FDNG), won 6 of the 80 congressional seats in elections in November 1995, putting it in third place behind the center-right National Advancement Party (PAN), with 42 seats, and the right-wing Guatemalan Republican Front, with 22. The Guatemalan rebels, who were trying to restore the progressive reforms of the period from 1944 to 1954, were defeated, but some escaped into the mountains and organized the Rebel Armed Forces (FAR), beginning the civil war against the Guatemalan government. The Guatemalan army refused to resist the invaders, and Arbenz was forced to resign on June 27. jmedesigns.tripod.com /guatemala.htm   (286 words)

Women running for congress Exceptions to this rule are Alba Estela Maldonado from the Guatemalan Revolutionary Unity / URNG and the General’s daughter, Zury Rios Montt of the Guatemalan Republican Front / FRG who are first on the national list of their respective parties. Interestingly, at a recent forum for women candidates running for Congress, there was a strong sense of common ground to be covered on the legislative agenda, very decent behaviour indeed on the part of contenders, and a minimum of mudslinging towards fellow candidates — rather unlike the forums held for presidential candidates. Most of these are low down on the ballot and therefore unlikely to get a seat in Congress. centralamerica.ms.dk /Themes/ElecG2003/women.htm   (286 words)

Inforpress The left-wing New Guatemala Democratic Front (FDNG) won only one seat, and open support from the ex-guerrilla Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) failed to attract voters. As expected, the governing National Advancement Party (PAN) won more than 70% of the mayorships in the June 7 elections of 30 of the country´s 330 municipalities. Only one locally based civic committee won, with the rest of the seats divided among five national parties. www.inforpressca.com /CAR/homes/h2522.htm   (576 words)

Global Integrity - The Center for Public Integrity The two parties that emerge as leaders are the populist Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG—Frente Republicano Guatemalteca), led by former dictator and ex-general Efraín Ríos Montt, and the center-right National Advancement Party (PAN—Partido de Avanzada Nacional Guatemalteca). Ríos Montt leads his party to victory in 32 of the Congress' 80 seats, and he himself wins a seat in the legislature. On the campaign trail, Portillo boasted of the killings, saying he knew how to protect himself and the nation, which was overrun with one of the worst crime rates in Latin America. www.publicintegrity.org /ga/country.aspx?cc=gt&act=timeline   (1873 words)

Mexico's Southern Front: Guatemala and the Search for Security This new Electronic Briefing Book is based on a collaboration between Proceso magazine and the National Security Archive and launched on March 2, 2003. Mexico's pragmatism was a product of the government's ever-present concerns about the dangers posed by the Guatemalan conflict to Mexican stability. Under his leadership, the security forces favored the use of "disappearance" as a tactic to dismantle guerrilla networks and murder suspected subversives in Guatemala City. www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB100   (5399 words)

NDI - National Democratic Institute Based on concerns about the potential for low voter participation in the 1995 elections, NDI teamed with Guatemalan groups to organize national voter education and political party training programs. For the first time since democratic rule was restored in 1986, Guatemalans expressed a lack of confidence in the administration of the elections, citing bias in the courts. The Peace Accords established the framework for the construction of a new society, involving two new emerging actors in decision-making: indigenous people and women. www.ndi.org /worldwide/lac/guatemala/guatemala.asp   (727 words)

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