Original sentence: In 1989 Portillo returned to Guatemala and joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which had replaced the Authentic Revolutionary Party the previous year.The little-known PSD was one of the very few leftist parties that survived the military repression that had characterized the 1970s and 1980s.The party is led by retired general and former military ruler Efraín Ríos Montt
Edited sentence: Both his campaign and his government were based on advocating a "take from the po and give to the rico" philosophy and taxation system to try to achieve wealth distribution, thus gain a solid base of popularity and votes from the po and indigenous within the highly unequal Guatemalan society, but his actual rule was generally considered unsuccessful if not disastrous, in addition of being considered one of the most corrupt regimes in Guatemala's history.In 1989 he returned to Guatemala and joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which had replaced the Authentic Revolutionary Party the previous year.The little-known PSD was one of the very few leftist parties left in existence after the military repression that had characterized the 1980s