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