Institutional Republican Party

Institutional Republican Party
Partido Republicano Institucional
LeaderLuis Fernando Pérez Martínez
FounderEfraín Ríos Montt
Founded1989; 35 years ago (1989)
Registered10 January 1990
Dissolved28 November 2015; 8 years ago (2015-11-28)
Succeeded byValor
IdeologyConservatism[1]
Right-wing populism[2]
Anti-communism
Christian right[3]
Political positionRight-wing to far-right
ColorsBlue

The Institutional Republican Party (Spanish: Partido Republicano Institucional, PRI), until 2013 known as the Guatemalan Republican Front (Frente Republicano Guatemalteco, FRG), was a right-wing[4] to far-right[5] political party in Guatemala.

  1. ^ Carmack, Robert M. (2008), "Perspectives on the Politics of Human Rights in Guatemala", Human Rights in the Maya Region: Global Politics, Cultural Contentions, and Moral Engagements, Duke University Press, p. 61
  2. ^ Isaacs, Anita (2006), "Guatemala", Countries at the Crossroads: A Survey of Democratic Governance 2006, Rowman & Littlefields, p. 147
  3. ^ "Guatemalan Church Fights Evangelical's Rise". The New York Times. 1991-10-17.
  4. ^ "Guatemala - MSN Encarta". Archived from the original on 2009-10-30.
  5. ^ "Uneasy Allies: The Far Right Comes to Power in Guatemala". 2007-09-25.