Rafael Castillo Valdez
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Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Rafael Castillo Valdez (15 January 1928 – 17 March 2015)[1] was a Guatemalan politician. He served as a member of the Congress of Guatemala. After this he served as Guatemala's ambassador to the United Nations in the mid-1970s. He then served as President of Congress.
Castillo also served as Guatemala's foreign minister from 1978 to 1982.[2] During this time he often dominated the government. Many people viewed Castillo as a supporter of hardline tactics in Guatemala's Civil War.[3] Castillo was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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- Ted E. Brewerton, “A Conversation about the Church in Central America,” Ensign, February 1992, pp. 78–79
- “Church Member Nominated Ambassador to Finland,” Ensign, March 1975 p. 78