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((Expand Spanish|Partido WINAQ|date=April 2016))
((More citations needed|date=July 2019))
((Infobox political party
| name = 
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang = es
| logo = File:Winaq Logo.svg
| caption = 
| colorcode = ((party color|Winaq))
| abbreviation = 
| general_secretary = [[Sonia Gutiérrez Raguay]]<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.fger.org/reeligen-a-sonia-raguay-como-secretaria-general-de-winaq/ |title=Reeligen a Sonia Raguay como Secretaria General de Winaq |work=fger.org |publisher=Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas Radiofónicas |language=Spanish |date=6 December 2021 |access-date=22 February 2023))</ref>
| split = [[New Nation Alternative]]<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.no-ficcion.com/project/izquierdas-juntos-no-revueltos-guatemala|title=Las "izquierdas" en Guatemala: juntos pero no revueltos|date=20 October 2022))</ref>
| founded = February 2007
| legalised = 2008<ref name="aw">((cite web|url=https://www.coha.org/guatemala%E2%80%99s-neglected-story-continued-disregard-for-indigenous-autonomy/|title=Guatemala's Neglected Story: Continued Disregard for Indigenous Autonomy |work=[[Council on Hemispheric Affairs]] |date=9 June 2009 |access-date=2 October 2022))</ref>
| merger = 
| headquarters = 10 calle 6-81 Zona 1, [[Ciudad de Guatemala]]
| membership = 
| ideology = ((ubl|class=nowrap
 | [[Progressivism]]<ref name="winaq1">((cite web|url=https://www.rosalux.org.mx/sites/default/files/pdf/guatemala_elecciones.pdf|title=Guatemala ((!)) Elecciones 2011|work=[[Rosa Luxemburg Foundation]]|date=2011|language=Spanish))</ref>
 | [[Indigenismo]]<ref name="winaq1" />
 | [[Left-wing nationalism]]<ref name="winaq1" />
))
| position = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]<ref name="winaq1" />
| national = 
| regional = [[São Paulo Forum]]
| international = 
| colors = Red
| seats1_title = [[Congress of Guatemala|Congress]]
| seats1 = ((Composition bar|1|160|hex=((party color|Winaq))))
| flag = 
| website = 
| country = Guatemala
))

'''Winaq''' is a left-wing political party in [[Guatemala]] whose most notable member is [[Rigoberta Menchú]], who is ethnically [[Kʼicheʼ people|Kʼicheʼ]]. Its name comes from the [[Kʼicheʼ language|Kʼicheʼean]] word for "people" or "humanity", "winaq". It is a party whose roots are in the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] communities of Guatemala.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2009/05/11/actualidad/1241992803_850215.html|title="Si Guatemala no está preparada para tener un presidente mujer e indígena tendrá que estarlo"|newspaper=El País|date=May 10, 2009|via=elpais.com))</ref><ref name="aw" />

==Ideology==
In a working paper of a seminar organised by FLACSO Guatemala and the [[Friedrich Ebert Foundation]] written in 2007, it was concluded that Winaq had an ambiguous ideology, trying to combine adversarial interests.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.albedrio.org/htm/documentos/winaqMaxBaTiul.pdf|title=Movimiento Winaq, la controversia: ni a la izquierda ni a la derecha |publisher=FLACSO Guatemala and Friedrich Ebert Foundation |language=Spanish |date=June 2007 |access-date=12 October 2022))</ref> Later, after committing to an alliance with other left-wing parties, the party developed a more pronounced left-wing perspective with [[eco-socialism|eco-socialist]] leanings.<ref name="winaq1" /><ref name="amerika21">((Cite news|last1=Austen |first1=Thorben |url=https://amerika21.de/2021/10/255168/guatemala-gewalt-gegen-protest |title=Proteste gegen Nickelmine in Guatemala: Polizeigewalt und Ausnahmezustand in El Estor |work=amerika21 |language=German |publisher=Mondial21 e. V. |date=26 October 2021 |access-date=18 October 2022))</ref> The party is known for its political activism to prohibit infrastructure projects that threaten natural goods, especially rivers and water quality.<ref>((Cite news|last1=Rivera|first1=Nelton |last2=Pez |first2=Lencho |url=https://prensacomunitaria.org/2019/12/fue-detenido-en-huehuetenango-defensor-del-agua-periodista-y-miembro-de-winaq/|title=Fue detenido en Huehuetenango defensor del agua, periodista y miembro de Winaq' |work=Prensa Comunitaria |language=Spanish |date=21 December 2019 |access-date=25 February 2023))</ref>

==History==

===Formation and early results===
In the 2007 general elections, Winaq's pro-formation committee participated with the [[Encuentro por Guatemala]] party, nominating Rigoberta Menchú as presidential candidate. The alliance came in seventh place in the presidential elections. The alliance fared slightly better at the legislative elections gathering 6.18% of the national vote and 4 seats.
In 2008 the party finally secured enough affiliates to register as a legal party, which was heralded by the [[Guatemala Times]], as “one of the most important steps ever achieved by a Mayan political leader in Guatemala.”<ref name="aw" />

===Entering the Broad Front of the Left coalition===
In the [[2011 Guatemalan general election|2011 general elections]], the Guatemalan left created an alliance called Frente Amplio, made up of the political parties [[Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity|Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca]] (URNG-MAIZ), [[Convergence (Guatemala)|Alternativa Nueva Nación]] (ANN), Winaq and the pro-formation committee of the [[Movimiento Nueva República]] (MNR).<ref>((Cite news|last1=Löding |first1=Torge |url=https://www.rosalux.de/fileadmin/rls_uploads/pdfs/Standpunkte/Standpunkte_international/Standpunkte_int_10-2011.pdf |title=Wahlen in Guatemala 2011: Präsident Colom hat sich verrechnet |work=Standpunkte |publisher=Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung |language=German |date=September 2011 |access-date=18 September 2022 ))</ref> Rigoberta Menchú was unanimously proclaimed as presidential candidate and Anibal García as vice presidential candidate. They obtained around 3% of the vote. The party sat in opposition to the [[Otto Pérez Molina|Molina]] government and played a leading role in his eventual resignation, when Congressman [[Amílcar de Jesús Pop|Amilcar Pop]] brought up a lawsuit against Molina on 24 April 2015.<ref name="COHA2">((cite web|author-last=Lopez-Escobar |author-first=Lisa |url=https://www.coha.org/coha-expresses-grave-concern-death-threats-to-guatemalan-congressman-amilcar-de-jesus-pop/ |title=COHA Expresses Grave Concern: Death Threats to Guatemalan Congressman Amílcar de Jesús Pop |work=[[Council on Hemispheric Affairs]] |date=18 June 2015 |access-date=2 December 2022))</ref> In return the Congressman received multiple death threats for his anti-corruption work in the legislature.<ref name="COHA2" />

The coalition was maintained for the  [[2015 Guatemalan general election|elections in 2015]], wherein the party ran with [[Miguel Ángel Sandoval]] and [[Mario Ellintong]] as president and vice-president respectively, receiving about 2% of the vote. In the congressional elections the alliance actually gained votes and gathered 4.36% of the national vote, yet lost 3 mandates in the Congress.

===Coalition split===
Ahead of the [[2019 Guatemalan general election|2019 elections]] the alliance split up, forcing the party to run on its own. Even so the party was able to muster 3.51% of the vote, granting it 4 seats in the chamber. Its presidential ticket with [[Manuel Villacorta]] as head and [[Izabel Hernández]] as vice-president reached their best result in party history, coming sixth with 5.27% of the vote. During his presidential campaign [[Manuel Villacorta|Villacorta]] focused on corruption, the fight against poverty through wealth redistribution and infrastructure development.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/politica/manuel-villacorta-ofrece-limpiar-el-ejercito-y-combate-a-la-pobreza/|title=Manuel Villacorta ofrece "limpiar" el Ejército y combate a la pobreza |work=Prensa Libre |language=Spanish |date=29 March 2019 |access-date=7 October 2022))</ref>
After the elections the party largely opposed the government of [[Alejandro Giammattei|Giammattei]] and supported the mining protests occurring in [[El Estor]] since October 2021.<ref name="amerika21" />

===Restored left-wing alliance===
On 7 June 2022 party leadership released a statement, concurring with [[Miguel Ángel Sandoval|Sandoval]]'s appeal for a new coalition of left-wing forces that can challenge the current governing forces.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.prensa-latina.cu/2022/06/07/partido-winaq-llama-a-alianzas-para-elecciones-2023-en-guatemala |title=Partido Winaq llama a alianzas para elecciones 2023 en Guatemala |work=Prensa Latina |language=Spanish |date=7 June 2022 |access-date=2 December 2022))</ref> Since the current electoral law favours smaller parties, it has not yet been decided what form this new alliance will take.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.prensacomunitaria.org/2022/08/el-tablero-electoral-se-configura-con-impunidad-y-una-clara-ventaja-para-el-oficialismo/|title=El tablero electoral se configura con impunidad y una clara ventaja para el oficialismo|date=22 August 2022 |publisher=Prensa Comunitaria|access-date=22 August 2022|language=spanish))</ref> At the end of January, URNG and Winaq made their renewed alliance public and proclaimed [[Amílcar Pop]] and [[Mónica Enríquez]] as their presidential ticket for the upcoming elections.<ref name="PL">((cite web|url=https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/elecciones-generales-guatemala-2023/partidos-politicos-urng-y-winaq-confirman-coalicion-y-proclaman-a-su-binomio-presidencia-para-las-elecciones-generales-2023-breaking/|title=URNG y Winaq confirman coalición y proclaman a su binomio presidencial para las Elecciones Generales 2023 |work=Prensa Libre |publisher=Prensa Libre, S.A. |language=Spanish |date=29 January 2023 |access-date=31 January 2023))</ref>
The parties also planned to involve [[Semilla (political party)|Semilla]] in their effort to win the mayorship of [[Guatemala City]].<ref name="PL" /> In 2023, presidential candidate Amilcar Pop stated that Winaq does not propose an "ethnocentric or indigenist" government.<ref>((Cite web |last=Demos |first=Editorial |last2=Servín |first2=Fernando Camacho |title=La Jornada - En Guatemala urge reconstruir el modelo de Estado: Amílcar Pop |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2023/02/26/mundo/en-guatemala-urge-reconstruir-el-modelo-de-estado-amilcar-pop/ |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=www.jornada.com.mx |language=es))</ref>

== Electoral history ==

=== Presidential elections  ===
{|class="wikitable" text-align:left;"
|-
! rowspan=2 |Election
! colspan=2 |Candidates
! colspan=2 |First round
! colspan=2 |Second round
! rowspan=2 |Status
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! President
! Vice President
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
|-
! [[2007 Guatemalan general election|2007]]((efn|Joint ticket with [[Encuentro por Guatemala]].))
| rowspan=2 |[[Rigoberta Menchú]]
| [[Luis Fernando Montenegro]]
| 100,365
| 3.06   (#7)
| ((N/A))
| ((N/A))
| '''Lost''' ((N))
|-
! [[2011 Guatemalan general election|2011]]((efn|Joint ticket as part of the [[Broad Front of the Left]] coalitin.))
| [[Aníbal García]]
| 145,080
| 3.26   (#6)
| ((N/A))
| ((N/A))
| '''Lost''' ((N))
|-
! [[2015 Guatemalan general election|2015]]((efn|name="URNG"|Joint ticket with the [[Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity]].))
| [[Miguel Ángel Sandoval]]
| [[Mario Ellintong]]
| 101,347
| 2.11   (#11)
| ((N/A))
| ((N/A))
| '''Lost''' ((N))
|-
! [[2019 Guatemalan general election|2019]]
| [[Manuel Villacorta]]
| [[Izabel Hernández]]
| 229,362
| 5.24   (#7)
| ((N/A))
| ((N/A))
| '''Lost''' ((N))
|-
! [[2023 Guatemalan general election|2023]]((efn|name="URNG"))
| [[Amílcar Pop]]
| [[Mónica Enríquez]]
| 87,676
| 2.09 (#10)
| ((N/A))
| ((N/A))
| '''Lost''' ((N))
|}
((Notelist))

=== Legislative elections ===
{|class="wikitable" text-align:left;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Status
|-
! [[2007 Guatemalan general election|2007]]((efn|Run in coalition with [[Encuentro por Guatemala]].))
| 194,809
| 6.18 	 (#5)
| ((composition bar|4|158|hex=((party color|Winaq))))
| New
| ((no2|Opposition))
|-
! [[2011 Guatemalan general election|2011]]((efn|Run as part of the [[Broad Front of the Left]].))
| 143,238
| 3.27 (#7)
| ((composition bar|4|158|hex=((party color|Winaq))))
| ((no change)) 0
| ((no2|Opposition))
|-
! [[2015 Guatemalan general election|2015]]((efn|name="URNG"|Run in coalition with [[Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity]].))
| 198,715
| 4.36 	 (#9)
| ((composition bar|1|158|hex=((party color|Winaq))))
| ((decrease)) 3
| ((no2|Opposition))
|-
! [[2019 Guatemalan general election|2019]]
| 141,252
| 3.51 	 (#12)
| ((composition bar|4|160|hex=((party color|Winaq))))
| ((increase)) 3
| ((no2|Opposition))
|-
! [[2023 Guatemalan general election|2023]]((efn|name="URNG"))
| 133,694
| 3.21
| ((composition bar|1|160|hex=((party color|Winaq))))
| ((decrease)) 3
| ((yes2|Government))
|-
|}
((Notelist))

== Notes ==
((Notelist))

==References==
<references/>
((Guatemalan political parties))
[[Category:Democratic socialist parties in North America]]
[[Category:Indigenist political parties in North America]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2008]]
[[Category:São Paulo Forum]]
[[Category:Socialist parties in Guatemala]]


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