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Guatemalan Democratic Vanguard

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Guatemalan Democratic Vanguard (Spanish: Vanguardia Democrática Guatemalteca) was a left-wing group in Guatemala. The VDG was founded on 28 September 1947 by a faction of the Revolutionary Action Party (PAR).[1] The leader of the VDG was José Manuel Fortuny.[1] The group had Marxist inspiration, and operated a semi-clandestine fashion.[1] It supported urban and rural labour movements.[1]

In 1949, the VDG broke with the PAR and constituted the Communist Party of Guatemala (PCG).

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  1. ^ a b c d Guadalupe Rodríguez de Ita (2003). La participación política en la primavera guatemalteca: una aproximación a la historia de los partidos durante el período 1944-1954 (in Spanish). UNAM. p. 124. ISBN 9789688358122.