Leftist Parties of Guatemala

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '03	OTHER
Authentic Integral Development	Desarrollo Integral Auténtico	DIA		e-mail	center left.		2.95%	f. 1995, led by Jorge Luis Ortega Torres
Democratic Encounter of the Left	Encuentro Democrático de Izquierda	EDI		e-mail	center left.		no legal party	f. 2000
Guatemalan Democratic Socialist Party	Partido Socialista Democrático Guatemalteco	PSDG		tel.: +502-8191588	soc. dem.		no legal party	f. 2002, led by Otto Nery Mazariegos de Léon
Guatemalan Labour Party - National Leading Nucleus	Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo - Núcleo de Dirección Nacional	PGT-ND			com.		no legal party	f. 1978 as split from PGT
Guatemalan Social Democratic Party	Partido Socialdemocráta Guatemalteco	PSDG			soc. dem.		no legal party	f. 2003, led by Roger Anibal Valenzuela
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity	Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca	URNG		e-mail	left. soc.	FSP	4.20%	f. 1982 as alliance, party since 1997, led by Alba Estela Maldonado
Nacional Unity of Hope	Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza	UNE		e-mail	center left.		17.92%	f. 2001, led by Alvaro Colom Caballeros
New Nation Alliance	Alianza Nueva Nación	ANN		e-mail	left. soc.		4.85%	alliance, f. 1999 by URNG, DIA, FDNG and UNID, refounded 2002 by UNID, FDS and CR
Corriente por el Rescate Revolucionario	Current for Revolutionary Rescue			e-mail	left. soc.		-	split from URNG in 2002, mainly former Rebel Armed Forces (FAR), led by Jorge Soto ("Rodrigo Asturias")
Democratic Solidarity Front	Frente Democrático Solidaridad	FDS		e-mail	left. soc.		-	f. 2000 after split from FDNG in 1999, led by Nineth Montenegro
Unity of the Democratic Left	Unidad de Izquierda Democrática	UNID		e-mail	left. soc.		-	f. 1997, led by Julio César Macías ("César Montes")
Social Democratic Convergence	Convergencia Social Demócrata	CSD			soc. dem.	SI cons.	no legal party	f. 2000, led by Fernando Enrique De León
The Greens Guatemala	Los Verdes Guatemala				green		no legal party	f. 1991 as Unión Reformista Social
Parties probably disbanded Autonomous Movement of the Masses (Movimiento Autónomo de Masas), Rebel Front of the People (Frente Rebelde del Pueblo, FRP)