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Candidates and pre-candidates

• Álvaro Colom for the National Unity of Hope (UNE).
• The K'iche' Maya Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum announced her intent to contest the presidential election on 10 February 2007,^[3] representing the Encounter for Guatemala Party (EG). She will officially start her campaign on 13 May 2007.
• Gen. Otto Pérez Molina, an army commander at the height of the war in the Quiché region, is seeking the Patriotic Party's nomination.
• Alejandro Giammattei for the Grand National Alliance (GANA).
• Harold Caballeros for the Vision with Values (Viva)

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External links

• http://www.eleccionesguatemala.com/
• http://www.rigobertapresidenta.org/

 * Álvaro Colom for the National Unity of Hope (UNE). * The K'iche' Maya Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum announced her intent to contest the presidential election on 10 February 2007,[3] representing the Encounter for Guatemala Party (EG). She will officially start her campaign on 13 May 2007. * Gen. Otto Pérez Molina, an army commander at the height of the war in the Quiché region, is seeking the Patriotic Party's nomination. * Alejandro Giammattei for the Grand National Alliance (GANA). * Oscar Rodolfo Castañeda for the National Advancement Party (PAN).