Party of the Guatemalan Revolution explained

Party of the Guatemalan Revolution
Native Name:Partido de la Revolución Guatemalteca
Leader:Jacobo Árbenz
Foundation:June 1952
Ideology:Pro-revolution
Liberal democracy
Land reform
Agrarianism
Labourism
Factions:
Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Reformism
Progressivism
Country:Guatemala
Abbreviation:PRG
Dissolved:1954
Position:Center-left
National:FPL
PRN
PAR
PS
PIN

The Party of the Guatemalan Revolution (Spanish; Castilian: Partido de la Revolución Guatemalteca, PRG) was formed in June 1952 during the Guatemalan Revolution to unite the non-Communist parties which were supporting the administration of Jacobo Árbenz. These included the Popular Liberation Front, the National Renovation Party, the Revolutionary Action Party, and the Socialist Party. The Communist Guatemalan Party of Labour (PGT) was opposed to the formation of the PRG, fearing that it would undermine their influence in the government. The PAR and the PRN later withdrew. Although the PRG continued in existence until the overthrow of the President Árbenz, it had failed to achieve its original purpose of opposing Communist efforts to gain a predominant voice in the Árbenz government. It was disbanded after the coup d'état of 1954.

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