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'''Efraín Ríos Montt''' was the president of [[Guatemala]] from 1982 to 1983. At this time, the Guatemalan Civil War escalated due to as [[Cuba]]'s support of the Communist rebelsincreased.<ref>http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB100/Doc9.pdf</ref>
Ríos Montt joined the Guatemalan army in 1946, and he was promoted to general in 1972. He ran for president unsuccessfully in 1974. Many attribute his defeat to widespread fraud.
