The Washington Times, August 25th, 2003
Byline: Sharon Behn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
One of the authors of a constitutional provision that long kept ex-dictator Gen. Efrain Rios Montt from returning to power in Guatemala is now backing the former coup leader in a presidential election this fall.
Antonio Arenales Forno, Guatemala's ambassador to the United States, last week described the political ban that has prohibited Gen. Rios Montt or his descendents from participating in the election as a "monstrosity."
Gen. Rios Montt, a 77-year-old evangelical preacher, is one of five main contenders on the Nov. 9 ballot despite his past as...
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