1916_Guatemalan_presidential_election

1916 Guatemalan presidential election

1916 Guatemalan presidential election

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Presidential elections were held in Guatemala on 17 January 1916. For the second successive election, Manuel Estrada Cabrera was re-elected unopposed.[1][2] Despite there only being one candidate, voters were rounded up by the military and taken to polling stations, where they could only vote for Cabrera.[3] Cabrera assumed the presidency on 15 March 1911.

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  1. [1]
    Calvert, Peter (1985) Guatemala : a nation in turmoil Boulder: Westview Pres p69
  2. [2]
    Information Annual, 1916: A Continuous Cyclopedia and Digest of Current Events. 1917, p297
  3. [3]
    Munro, Dana G (1967) The five republics of Central America New York: Russell & Russell, pp. 55–56

Bibliography

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  • Rendón, Catherine. "El gobierno de Manuel Estrada Cabrera". Historia general de Guatemala. 1993–1999. Guatemala: Asociación de Amigos del País, Fundación para la Cultura y el Desarrollo. Volume 5. 1996.
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