The Front for Democracy (Frente por la Democracia or El Frente) was a political party in Guatemala. In the legislative elections held on 9 September 2007, the party secured 0.91% of the votes in the race for national-list deputies and, save for defections, will have no seats in the 2008-12 Congress.

Front for Democracy
Frente por la Democracia
AbbreviationEl Frente, FPD
Founded1 July 2003 (as Transparency)[1]
Dissolved2007
Split fromGuatemalan Christian Democracy[2]
IdeologyDirect democracy
Christian democracy[3]
Political positionCentre to centre-left[4][a]
Colorsgreen

  1. ^ Also called centre-right[2] and left-wing[5]

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Manifesto

  1. ^ GUATEMALA: MONOGRAFÍA DE LOS PARTIDOS POLÍTICOS 2000 – 2004 (PDF). Asociación de Investigación y Estudios Sociales. 2004. p. 159. ISBN 99939-61-06-X.
  2. ^ a b Lansford, Tom (2015). Political Handbook of the World 2015. CQ Press. p. 575. ISBN 9781483371580.
  3. ^ "Tendencias electorales y entorno empresarial de presidenciables". Konrad Adenauer Foundation / Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Políticos (in Spanish). 22 May 2007. p. 11. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  4. ^ Rudi Ariel Ruano González (April 2009). "Triunfo del candidato democristiano en Guatemala" (PDF). Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (in Spanish). p. 51. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. ^ Carlos Aníbal Martínez (January 2007). "Rigoberta Menchú und was die nächste Regierung Guatemalas erwartet". Nueva Sociedad / Democracia y política en América Latina (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2023.