Was Ríos Montt's presidency democratically elected?
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No, Efraín Ríos Montt was not democratically elected as President of Guatemala. He was a military dictator who seized power in a coup d'état in 1982. During his time in office, he oversaw a brutal campaign against the indigenous Maya population, which resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of people.
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