National Convergence Front

{{Infobox political party

| name = National Convergence Front

| native_name = Frente de Convergencia Nacional

| logo = Simbolo FCN Nación.png

| logo_size = 150px

| colorcode = {{party color|National Convergence Front}}

| leader =

| president = Jimmy Morales

| general_secretary = Javier Alfonso Hernández Franco

| foundation = 7 January 2008

| dissolved = 8 January 2024{{cite web |title= ¡Quedan fuera! TSE cancela 11 partidos políticos |url=https://www.soy502.com/articulo/oficial-tse-notifico-cancelacion-estos-partidos-101567 |website=Soy502 |access-date= 8 January 2024 |language=es |date= 8 January 2024}}

| ideology = Conservatism{{Cite news |author1=Deborah Bonello |author2=Anna-Cat Brigida |title=Runoff expected in Guatemala race as ex-president waits in a military jail |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=6 September 2015 |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-guatemala-election-president-20150906-story.html}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-06/guatemalans-prepare-for-polls/6752944 |title=Comedian Jimmy Morales frontrunner in Guatemalan election as former president Otto Perez sits in jail |work=ABC News |date=6 September 2015}}
Nationalism{{Cite news |title=Celebrity outsider leads in Guatemalan election, second place open |work=DPA International |date=8 September 2015 |url=http://www.dpa-international.com/news/international/celebrity-outsider-takes-lead-in-guatemala-elections-a-46523439.html }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Christian right{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/09/guatemala-abortion-punishment-bans-same-sex-marriage|title = Guatemala increases punishment for abortions and bans same-sex marriage|work = The Guardian|date = 9 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/world/americas/guatemala-abortion-prison.html|title = Guatemalan Women Face Up to 10 Years in Prison Under New Abortion Law|work = The New York Times|date = 9 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220309-guatemala-congress-ramps-up-prison-sentence-for-abortion-bans-gay-marriage|title = Guatemala Congress ramps up prison sentence for abortion, bans gay marriage|work = France24|date = 9 March 2022}}

| position = Right-wing{{Cite news |author=Orlando Perez |title=What happens now in Guatemala? |work=LatinAmericaGoesGlobal |date=8 September 2015 |url=http://latinamericagoesglobal.org/2015/09/what-happens-now-in-guatemala/}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/09/150907_perfil_jimmy_morales_guatemala_lb |title=Jimmy Morales, el comediante conservador que podría ser presidente de Guatemala |work=BBC Mundo |date=7 September 2015}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/decision-libre-2015/jimmy-morales-el-comediante-que-quiere-ser-un-presidente-serio |author=Henry Morales |title=Jimmy Morales, el comediante que quiere ser un presidente serio |newspaper=Prensa Libre |date=4 September 2015}} to far-right{{Cite web|url=https://www.wola.org/es/analisis/congreso-guatemala-proyecto-ley-de-aministia/|title=En desafío a las sentencias judiciales, los líderes del Congreso guatemaltecos impulsan un proyecto de ley de amnistía|date=October 2, 2019|work=Washington Office on Latin America|language=spanish}}

| headquarters =

| website = [http://www.fcnnacion.com/ www.fcnnacion.com]

| country = Guatemala

| colors = {{Color box|{{party color|National Convergence Front}}|border=darkgray}} Blue

}}

The National Convergence Front ({{langx|es|Frente de Convergencia Nacional}}, FCN–Nación) was a right-wing political party in Guatemala.[http://www.dw.com/es/guatemala-ente-electoral-ordena-cancelar-el-partido-del-presidente-morales/a-44213657 Guatemala: ente electoral ordena cancelar el partido del presidente Morales]

History

The party was established on 7 January 2008. It was initiated by a group of retired army officers, including veterans of Guatemalan Civil War, affiliated with the Military Veterans Association of Guatemala AVEMILGUA.{{Cite news |author=Steven Dudley |title=Guatemala Votes for Military-backed Candidate |work=InSightCrime |date=7 September 2015 |url=http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/guatemala-elections-military-backed-candidate-jimmy-morales}} FCN did not nominate a presidential candidate in the 2011 general elections, but contested the Congressional elections, receiving 0.5% of the vote and failing to win a seat.[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/guatemala/guatemala20112.txt Republic of Guatemala: Legislative elections of 11 September 2011] Adam Carr In March 2013, the party chose the popular comic TV actor Jimmy Morales as its General Secretary.{{Cite news |url=http://noticias.emisorasunidas.com/noticias/nacionales/nombran-comediante-jimmy-morales-como-secretario-general-fcn |title=Nombran al comediante Jimmy Morales como secretario general de FCN |work=Emisoras Unidas |date=10 March 2013 |access-date=15 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313183318/http://noticias.emisorasunidas.com/noticias/nacionales/nombran-comediante-jimmy-morales-como-secretario-general-fcn |archive-date=13 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Morales was the party's presidential candidate in the 2015 elections, which he won after receiving the largest vote share in the first round (24%) and then beating former first lady Sandra Torres in the run-off with 67% of the vote. In the Congressional elections the FCN received the fifth-highest vote share (9%), winning 11 of the 158 seats.[http://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/congresistas-sealados-son-reelectos Congresistas señalados son reelectos] Prensa Libre, 8 September 2015

FCN's head of the national list was Édgar Justino Ovalle Maldonado who is considered to be Jimmy Morales' "right-hand man". He commanded counter-insurgency operations in the Ixil Community in the early 1980s during which several massacres against the Ixil Mayas took place.{{Cite news |url=https://cmiguate.org/la-mano-derecha-de-jimmy-un-oficial-de-operaciones-contrainsurgentes/ |title=La mano derecha de Jimmy: un oficial de operaciones contrainsurgentes |date=4 September 2015 |publisher=Centro de Medios Independientes (CMI)}} The violence against the Ixil was acknowledged as a genocide by the Supreme Court of Guatemala, but is denied by Jimmy Morales.{{Cite news |url=http://www.ticotimes.net/2015/06/10/in-guatemala-anti-establishment-presidential-candidate-benefits-from-corruption-scandals |author=Louisa Reynolds |title=In Guatemala, anti-establishment presidential candidate benefits from corruption scandals |newspaper=The Tico Times |date=10 June 2015}}

Election results

=President=

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

! rowspan=2 | Election

! colspan=2 | Candidate

! colspan=2 | First round

! colspan=2 | Second round

! rowspan=2 | Status

President

! Vice President

! Votes

! %

! Votes

! %

2011colspan=7|Did not participate
2015Jimmy MoralesJafeth Cabrera1,152,39423.99%2,751,05867.44%{{yes|Won}}
2019Estuardo GaldámezBetty Marroquín Silva180,9834.12%{{N/A}}{{N/A}}{{no2|Lost}}
2023Sammy MoralesMiguel Moir21,9710.53%{{N/A}}{{N/A}}{{no2|Lost}}

=Congress=

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

!Election

!Votes

!%

!Seats

!+/–

!Status

201123,2720.53 (#14){{Composition bar|0|158|{{party color|National Convergence Front}}}}New{{No|Extra-parliamentary}}
2015403,0868.84 (#5){{Composition bar|11|158|{{party color|National Convergence Front}}}}{{increase}} 11{{yes2|Government}}
2019211,4535.23 (#5){{Composition bar|8|160|{{party color|National Convergence Front}}}}{{decrease}} 3{{partial2|External support}}
202328,8270.69 (#23){{Composition bar|0|160|{{party color|National Convergence Front}}}}{{decrease}} 8{{No|Extra-parliamentary}}

References

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