Archie YRIGOYEN Alvaro

born March 14, 1946 in Guatemala City. From 1985 to 1990, Archie Yrigoyen was mayor of his native Guatemala City. In 1990, he unsuccessfully ran for president of the country, and 14 January 1991. was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. However, on September 23 that same year he left that post to become Secretary General of National Movement Party.

. The presidential elections on Jan. 7, 1996 Archie Yrigoyen defeated his main rival Alfonso Portillo Cabrera, a protege of former military dictator Rios Montt Efrayna
. Yrigoyen won the election thanks to a well thought-out campaign and his promises to stop corruption within the state apparatus, . and fight discrimination of the Indian population, . which is more than 50% of the total population.,

. Critics have described Archie as a person, not loving, when he contrary
. They tried as much as possible to inflate the press episode when, as mayor, Archie showed his lack of restraint and hit one of union members, "dared" to disobey.

. Victory Archie was the desire stability in Guatemala, which moved with slow steps towards democracy after decades of military regimes
. National Movement Party won the most seats in Congress, so that the government Irigoyen was unusually strong and stable. This is despite the fact that previous presidents have been forced to buy the votes of legislators to push whatever it was Bill.

. Archie tried as soon as possible to make peace with the red gerillya and to stop 35-year-old senseless civil war
. In March 1996 the Government Irigoyen left the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Movement agreed to a temporary truce. 4 December in Oslo, Norway, they signed a permanent ceasefire, and already 29 of the same month in the capital of Guatemala signed an agreement on long-term peace, and that ended the armed conflict.