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Álvaro Colom

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Álvaro Colom Caballeros (born June 15, 1951) is a Guatemalan politician who was the President of Guatemala from 2008 to 2012, as well as leader of the social-democratic National Unity of Hope (UNE). [1]

26 relations: Armed Forces of Guatemala, Óscar Berger, Bass violin, Capital punishment in Guatemala, Catholic Church, Civil service, Excellency, Government, Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemalan general election, 2003, Guatemalan general election, 2007, Helen Mack Chang, Industrial engineering, Left-wing politics, Manuel Colom Argueta, National Unity of Hope, Otto Pérez Molina, Patriotic Party (Guatemala), Political party, Poverty, President of Guatemala, Rafael Espada, Sandra Torres (politician), Social democracy, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.

Armed Forces of Guatemala

The Guatemalan Armed Forces consists of the National Army of Guatemala (Ejercito Nacional de Guatemala, ENG), the Guatemalan National Defense Navy (Marina de la Defensa Nacional, includes Marines), the Guatemalan Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Guatemalteca, FAG), and the Presidential Honor Guard (Guardia de Honor Presidencial).

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Óscar Berger

Óscar José Rafael Berger Perdomo (born August 11, 1946 in Guatemala City) is a former President of Guatemala.

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Bass violin

Bass violin is the modern term for various 16th- and 17th-century bass instruments of the violin (i.e. "viola da braccio") family.

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Capital punishment in Guatemala

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Guatemala, and is carried out by lethal injection and, to a lesser extent, the firing squad.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Civil service

The civil service is independent of government and composed mainly of career bureaucrats hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership.

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Excellency

Excellency is an honorific style given to certain high-level officers of a sovereign state, officials of an international organization, or members of an aristocracy.

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Government

A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state.

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Guatemala

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala (República de Guatemala), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, Honduras to the east and El Salvador to the southeast.

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Guatemala City

Guatemala City (Ciudad de Guatemala), locally known as Guatemala or Guate, officially Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción (New Guatemala of the Assumption), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala, and the most populous in Central America.

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Guatemalan general election, 2003

General elections were held in Guatemala on 9 November 2003, with a second round of the presidential election held on 28 December.

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Guatemalan general election, 2007

A general election was held in Guatemala in two rounds on 9 September and 4 November 2007.

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Helen Mack Chang

Helen Mack Chang (born 19 January 1952) is a Guatemalan businesswoman and human rights activist.

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Industrial engineering

Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering which deals with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations.

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Left-wing politics

Left-wing politics supports social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy.

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Manuel Colom Argueta

Manuel Colom Argueta (8 April 1932 – 22 March 1979) was mayor of Guatemala City and an important progressive leader of the opposition in Guatemala.

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National Unity of Hope

The National Unity of Hope (Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza or UNE) is a political party in Guatemala.

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Otto Pérez Molina

Otto Fernando Pérez Molina (born 1 December 1950) is a Guatemalan politician and retired military officer, who was President of Guatemala from 2012 to 2015.

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Patriotic Party (Guatemala)

The Patriotic Party (Partido Patriota, PP) was a conservative political party in Guatemala.

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Political party

A political party is an organised group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in government.

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Poverty

Poverty is the scarcity or the lack of a certain (variant) amount of material possessions or money.

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President of Guatemala

The President of Guatemala (Presidente de Guatemala) officially known as the President of the Republic of Guatemala (Presidente de la República de Guatemala), is the head of state and head of government of Guatemala, elected to a single four-year term.

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Rafael Espada

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Sandra Torres (politician)

Sandra Julieta Torres Casanova is a Guatemalan politician who was the First Lady of Guatemala from 2008 to 2011, as the wife of President Álvaro Colom Caballeros.

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Social democracy

Social democracy is a political, social and economic ideology that supports economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a liberal democratic polity and capitalist economy.

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Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC, University of San Carlos of Guatemala) is the biggest and oldest university of Guatemala; it is also the fourth founded in the Americas.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Álvaro_Colom

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