Education
Cabrera studied at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, where he obtained a degree in medical surgery.
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Cabrera studied at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, where he obtained a degree in medical surgery.
He was Rector of the University between 1994 and 1998. In 2004 he became Secretary for Agricultural Affairs. In May 2015, Caberera was announced as the National Convergence Front candidate for the office of Vice President for the 2015 elections.
He was attached to Jimmy Morales as presidential candidate.
In September 2015 Cabrera announced that he believed that one of the causes Guatemala"s problems was to be found in the Spanish colonization of the Americas, stating that if Guatemala had been taken over by another country the problems would not have been so grave. On 6 November 2015 Cabrera was officially declared as Vice President-elect by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala.
Cabrera"s political career started in 1999 when he was one of the founders of the National Unity of Hope with Álvaro Colom. Cabrera left the party shortly afterwards.