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...Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes, 62. knew" just what to do. With the skill he had shown at winning votes from illiterate Indians, the old right-wing campaigner worked out a deal that seemed certain to bring him the presidency through the aid of his principal opponent. Colonel José Luis Cruz Salazar of the moderate Nationalist Democratic Movement (M.D.N...
...political heir of the assassinated Carlos Castillo Armas, Cruz Salazar controlled Congress, which has the legal power to break an election stalemate by choosing between the two front runners. Unofficial election totals put Ydigoras well ahead with 41% of the vote, left Cruz Salazar and Mario Méndez Montenegro of the liberal Revolutionary Party in a tight race for second place...
...Ydigoras went to work on the M.D.N. with threats and blandishments. He sent out a radio call for his followers all over the country to march on the capital, threatened to investigate graft by M.D.N. leaders and "jail them as thieves." But behind the scenes he talked smoothly with Cruz Salazar about the need for "national unity" against Communism. Bowing to the best hope for peace. Cruz Salazar accepted the offer of M.D.N. participation in the Cabinet, an ambassadorial post for himself. Some militant M.D.N. Congressmen cried sellout, but enough will probably go along to give Ydigoras his majority. With...
Communist Chance. If the Congress should pass up Ydigoras for Cruz Salazar, the general would probably bring his followers out into the streets for riotous demonstrations, in which the Revolutionary Party and Communists might join in order to nullify the election...
...best hope for the present appears to be some form of Ydigoras-Cruz truce, possibly to give the general the presidency but modify his wilder tendencies and guarantee continued U.S. assistance. The best hope for the future is the precedent of a notably free and orderly election. In mulling over the recent past, Guatemalan moderates could only mourn that Castillo Armas was cut down before he succeeded in easing political restrictions, building up a strong successor and demonstrating the ultimate benefits of his economic alliance with...