In 1976, a student group called "FRENTE" emerged at the University of San Carlos, winning all student body positions up for election that year. The leaders of FRENTE were mostly members of the Patriotic Workers' Youth, the youth wing of the Guatemalan Labor Party (-Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo- PGT), which had been operating covertly since its banning in 1954. Unlike other Marxist groups in Guatemala at the time, PGT leaders believed in gaining power through mass movements and elections.
In 1976 a student group called "FRENTE" emerged at the University of San Carlos winning all student body positio:ns up for election that year The leaders of FRENTE were most.ly members of the Patriotic Workers' Youth the youth wing of the Guatemalan Labor Party (-Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo- PGT) which had been operating covertly since its banning in 1954 Unlike other Marxist groups in Guatemala at the time PGT leaders believed in gaining power through mass movements and elections