Guatemalan Democratic Vanguard

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Guatemalan Democratic Vanguard (in Spanish: Vanguardia Democrática Guatemalteca) was a leftwing group in Guatemala. VDG was founded in 1947 as a fraction within the ruling Revolutionary Action Party (PAR). The leader of VDG was José Manuel Fortuny.

In 1949, VDG broke with PAR and constituted the Communist Party of Guatemala (PCG).