Party of Anticommunist Unification
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Party of Anticommunist Unification (Partido de Unificación Anticomunista, PUA). PUA was a far right-wing party in Guatemala.
The Party was founded in 1948 (October, 12) by General Francisco Javier Arana
, a presidential candidate in the election of 1950. “Viewed as the major opposition candidate to the radical Revolutionary Action Party's nominee, Jacobo Arbenz, Arana
was assassinated shortly before he elections”.
The party supported the President Carlos Castillo Armas
(1954-1957).
It disbanded after the 1963 coup.
PUA was re-founded in 1983 by Leonel Sisniega Otero.
“The re-founder and leader of the party was previously a prominent member of the National Liberation Movement
, but went into temporary exile and left the party after allegations in August 1982 that a coup was being planned against the Rios Montt regime. He went on to found the PUA, which attracted the support of some former National Liberation Movement
members.
The Party was founded in 1948 (October, 12) by General Francisco Javier Arana
Francisco Javier Arana
Francisco Javier Arana was one of the three leaders of the revolutionary junta that ruled Guatemala from 20 October 1944 to 15 March 1945....
, a presidential candidate in the election of 1950. “Viewed as the major opposition candidate to the radical Revolutionary Action Party's nominee, Jacobo Arbenz, Arana
Francisco Javier Arana
Francisco Javier Arana was one of the three leaders of the revolutionary junta that ruled Guatemala from 20 October 1944 to 15 March 1945....
was assassinated shortly before he elections”.
The party supported the President Carlos Castillo Armas
Carlos Castillo Armas
Carlos Castillo Armas was a Guatemalan Colonel who came to power in a CIA-orchestrated coup in 1954. He held the title of President of Guatemala from July 8, 1954 until his assassination in 1957.-The coup:...
(1954-1957).
It disbanded after the 1963 coup.
PUA was re-founded in 1983 by Leonel Sisniega Otero.
“The re-founder and leader of the party was previously a prominent member of the National Liberation Movement
National Liberation Movement
A national liberation movement is an organization engaged in a war of national liberation.National Liberation Movement may also refer to:* Movement of National Liberation, a leftist party founded by former Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas...
, but went into temporary exile and left the party after allegations in August 1982 that a coup was being planned against the Rios Montt regime. He went on to found the PUA, which attracted the support of some former National Liberation Movement
National Liberation Movement
A national liberation movement is an organization engaged in a war of national liberation.National Liberation Movement may also refer to:* Movement of National Liberation, a leftist party founded by former Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas...
members.