Alvaro Colom, Guatemalan President Who Fought for the Indigenous, Dies at 71
Briefly

MEXICO CITY Alvaro Colom, who as president of Guatemala from 2008 to 2012 put the country's forgotten Indigenous communities at the center of his government but faced fierce opposition from the elites, died on Monday at his home in Guatemala City.He was 71.His death was confirmed by his niece Alejandra Colom, who said he had been treated for esophageal cancer.
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