Document #1213133
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Please find attached several documents that
provide information on the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional
(MLN) party since late-1990. The following summarizes some of the
information found in the attached documents (listed below).
The MLN participated in the general
(congressional and presidential) elections of November 1990 as part
of a coalition with the Frente de Avanzada Nacional (FAN), with
Colonel Luis Ernesto Sosa as the coalition's presidential candidate
and David Eskenassy running for vice-president. The MLN won four
seats in congress as part of the MLN-FAN coalition, but lost the
first round of the presidential election. The MLN later endorsed
Jorge Serrano Elías for the January 1991 runoff presidential
election between Serrano and Jorge Carpio Nicolle.
On 22 January, the MLN coalition was
reportedly assigned to head the congressional commissions on
technology and sports. Nevertheless, the source that reports this
last information refers to "the coalition of the National
Liberation Movement and the Institutional Democratic Party"
(Central America Report 25 Jan. 1991, 22). It is not clear
which of the parties is mistakenly named, since both form part of
different coalitions. The Institutional Democratic Party (PID) has
been part of a three-party coalition that also supported Jorge
Serrano in the run-off presidential election.
A June 1991 report states that Mario
Sandoval Alarcón, who continued to be the MLN leader, was
sceptical regarding the dialogue between the government and the
guerrillas (Inter Press Service 18 June 1991).
Additional and/or corroborating information
on the requested subject could not be found among the sources
currently available to the DIRB.
Central America Report
[Guatemala]. 25 January 1991. "A New Team and a New Game."
Inter Press Service. 18 June 1991.
Gladys Calderon. "Guatemala: The Way to Peace a Long and Difficult
One - An Inter Press Service Analysis." (NEXIS)
Central America Report
[Guatemala]. 7 June 1991. "Political Party Machinations."
. 25 January 1991. "A New Team and a New
Game."
El Gr fico [Guatemala City, in
Spanish]. 20 November 1990. "MAS Candidate Forms Alliance With
MLN." (FBIS-LAT-90-227 26 Nov. 1990, 26)
. 16 November 1990. "TSE Explains
Configuration of Next Legislature." (FBIS-LAT-90-223 19 Nov. 1990,
23)
Inter Press Service. 18 June 1991.
Gladys Calderon. "Guatemala: The Way to Peace a Long and Difficult
One - An Inter Press Service Analysis." (NEXIS) Latin American
Newsletters. 21 February 1991. Latin American Regional Reports:
Mexico & Central America. "Line-Up In Congress." London:
Latin American Newsletters.
. 6 December 1990. Latin American
Regional Reports: Mexico & Central America. "Serrano and
Carpio in January Run-Off." London: Latin American Newsletters.
. 1 November 1990. Latin American
Regional Reports: Mexico & Central America. "Violent Run-Up
to November Polls." London: Latin American Newsletters.