The 1999 presidential elections were won by A. Portillo from the right-wing populist Frente Republicano Guatemalteco (FRG; took office in January 2000), which the former dictator Ríos Montt founded in 1989. Ríos Montt, against whom legal proceedings for genocide have been opened in Spain, was able to consolidate his power as party leader of the FRG and as speaker of parliament. Growing violence and persistent poverty of large sections of…
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