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199:.” The first official headquarters of the party, inaugurated in 1920, was a house owned of the Escamilla family located on the southeast corner of 4th avenue and 12th street in zone 1, which was soon known as the «House of the People». Tácito Molina was also in charge of drafting the founding act of the party, which fifty-one citizens signed on December 25, 1919 and came to be known as the "Act of the Three Folds", since the signatures they were added on a sheet of paper folded three times; The document was circulated in the capital until January 1, 1920, with copies deposited under the door of each house. 143: 202:
From the beginning, it was agreed between the conservatives who formed the unionist party that no one would appear as head of the party, all their acts being carried out on behalf of the board of directors. The presidency of the sessions would be carried out by rotation, and not even the composition
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and Emilio Escamilla on the formation of a party that rebelled against the fierce government of Estrada Cabrera. The party began its political activity with the support of many sectors, among which stood out the students of the
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Photograph taken at the "Casa del Pueblo" in December 1919, at the time of signing the Act of the Three Folds. The conservative leaders of Guatemala are seen seated in front of the photograph: first from right to left, Dr.
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In anticipation of possible casualties among their members, the Conservatives had a large contingent of alternates, composed mainly of workers' representatives from the city.
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of the board was constant, since one of the alternates was frequently called to complete the number of seven directors, which was due to three reasons:
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parties and to bring together in its ranks all those "men of good will, lovers of freedom and democracy, and with the ideal of a
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Tácito Molina Izquierdo, legal director of the movement, always insisted on avoiding leadership in the new party.
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Without a visible head, it would be more difficult for the Government of Estrada Cabrera to attack the party.
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was a short-lived Guatemalan political party founded and dissolved in the 1920s.
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Reseña histórica de la parte que el elemento obrero tuvo en el Partido Unionista
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The party had approximately fifty potential reserve directors.
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Index

Conservative Party
Liberal Party
Ideology
Liberalism
Central American reunification
Political position
Centre-right
Politics of Guatemala
Political parties
Elections

Julio Bianchi
José Azmitia
Manuel Cobos Batres
José Azmitia
Julio Bianchi
Universidad Estrada Cabrera
Silverio Ortiz
Liberal
Conservative
Central American Union
Arévalo Martínez 1945
Ortiz Rivas 1922


Hernández de León 1930


Arévalo Martínez 1945

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