National Change Union

National Change Union

Unión del Cambio Nacional
National Change Union Unión del Cambio Nacional
Leader	Mario Estrada
Secretary-General	Mario Estrada
Founded	20 November 2006
Dissolved	16 December 2021
Ideology	National liberalism[citation needed]
Political position	Centre-right to Right-wing
Regional affiliation	Center-Democratic Integration Group
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The National Change Union (Template:Lang-es) was a national liberal^{[citation needed]} political party in Guatemala.

History

In the legislative elections held on 9 September 2007, the party secured 4.06% of the votes in the race for national-list deputies and held four seats in the 2008-12 Congressional Term. In the presidential election of the same day, its candidate Mario Estrada won 3.16% of the popular vote.

Ideology

In US embassy cables describing the ideology of political parties in Guatemala, the UCN was described as "a small party based in eastern Guatemala reportedly tied to narcotraffickers" or simply as "narco".^[5]

Election results

Congress of the Republic

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Status
2007	128,109	4.06 (#9)	5 / 158	5	Opposition
2011	418,175	9.54 (#3)	14 / 158	9	Opposition
2015	403,086	8.84 (#9)	11 / 158	3	Opposition
2019	218,914	5.44 (#3)	12 / 160	1	Opposition

President of the Republic of Guatemala

Election	Candidates		First round		Second round		Status
Election	President	Vice President	Votes	%	Votes	%	Status
2007	Mario Estrada	Mario Torres Marroquín	103,695	3.16 (#6)	-	-	Lost
2011	Mario Estrada	Mauricio Urruela	387,001	8.69 (#4)	-	-	Lost
2015	Mario Estrada	Roberto Díaz-Durán	163,974	3.41 (#9)	-	-	Won
2019	Mario Estrada^[a]^[6]	-	-	-	-	-	Disqualified

Notes

^ Candidature revoked by the Constitutional Court of Guatemala, as he was accused of drug-trafficking and conspriring with the Sinaloa cartel.

References

^ "TSE ratifica la cancelación de la UCN y notifica al partido". El Periódico (in Spanish). 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^ "TSE notifica cancelación del cuestionado partido UCN". La Hora (in Spanish). 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ https://porquienvoto.org.gt/descargas/informe_partidos_politicos.pdf Page 70
^ Casalprim, Eva (July 2015). "Guatemala: Political parties" (PDF). European Parliament. European Parliamentary Research Service. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ Graham, Ronan (1 September 2011). "Guatemala Political Party Branded 'Narco' by US: WikiLeaks" (PDF). InSight Crime. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
^ Beltrán, Adriana; Hite, Adeline (12 June 2019). "Corruption in the Guatemalan Political System and the 2019 Elections". Washington Office on Latin America. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

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[a-6] Candidature revoked by the Constitutional Court of Guatemala, as he was accused of drug-trafficking and conspriring with the Sinaloa cartel.

[1] "TSE ratifica la cancelación de la UCN y notifica al partido". El Periódico (in Spanish). 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

[2] "TSE notifica cancelación del cuestionado partido UCN". La Hora (in Spanish). 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[3] ttps://porquienvoto.org.gt/descargas/informe_partidos_politicos.pdf Page 70

[a1-4] Casalprim, Eva (July 2015). "Guatemala: Political parties" (PDF). European Parliament. European Parliamentary Research Service. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[InSight_Crime-5] Graham, Ronan (1 September 2011). "Guatemala Political Party Branded 'Narco' by US: WikiLeaks" (PDF). InSight Crime. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

[7] Beltrán, Adriana; Hite, Adeline (12 June 2019). "Corruption in the Guatemalan Political System and the 2019 Elections". Washington Office on Latin America. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

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