Fernando Romeo Lucas García, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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President of Guatemala
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Place of Birth: San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala
About Fernando Romeo Lucas García
- General Fernando Romeo Lucas García (4 July 1924 – 27 May 2006) was the 25th President of Guatemala from 1 July 1978 to 23 March 1982.
- He was elected as Institutional Democratic Party candidate (with the support of the Revolutionary Party).
- Elections for his presidency were fraud-ridden.
- During Lucas García's regime, tensions between the radical left and the government increased.
- The military started to murder political opponents while counterinsurgency measures further terrorized populations of poor civilians.
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