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Socialist Party (Guatemala)

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Political party in Guatemala

Socialist Party Partido Socialista
Abbreviation	PS
Founded	1951
Dissolved	1950s
Split from	PAR
Ideology	Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	PRG
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TheSocialist Party (Spanish:Partido Socialista, PS) was apolitical party inGuatemala. The party was formed in 1951 by dissident members of theRevolutionary Action Party.^[1]The Socialist Party sought to become the major rallying ground for non-communist elements supporting the government of PresidentJacobo Árbenz. It included a number of important labor and peasant leaders, and its principal figure wasAugusto Charnaud MacDonald, minister of finance inArbens cabinet.^[2]In 1952 the party merged with theNational Renovation Party,Revolutionary Action Party,National Integrity Party andPopular Liberation Front, forming theParty of the Guatemalan Revolution.^[3]

^Political Handbook and Atlas of the World, 1952 (25th year). Parliaments, Parties and Press as of January 1, 1952. Published for the Council in Foreign Relations. New York, Harper, 1952. Pp. 97.
^Political parties of the Americas : Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies / edited by Robert J. Alexander. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1982. Pp. 429.
^Political parties of the Americas : Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies / edited by Robert J. Alexander. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1982. Pp. 427.

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