Barrientista Revolutionary Party

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The Barrientista Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Barrientista, PRB) was a right-wing "Barrientista" political party in Bolivia.

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René Barrientos President of Bolivia

René Barrientos Ortuño was a Bolivian military officer and politician who served as his country's Vice President in 1964 and as its President from 1966 to 1969.

A political party is an organized group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government. The party agrees on some proposed policies and programmes, with a view to promoting the collective good or furthering their supporters' interests.

The Barrientista Revolutionary Party was founded by ex-minister of René Barrientos's Government Enrique Gallardo Lozada in April 1978. [1]

In 1978, the Barrientista Revolutionary Party allied with the Christian Democratic Party and its candidate René Bernal Escalante. [2]

Christian Democratic Party (Bolivia) political party in Bolivia

The Christian Democratic Party is a progressive Christian-democratic political party in Bolivia.

In 1979, the Barrientista Revolutionary Party allied with the Bolivian Union Party and its candidate Walter González Valda. [3]

The Bolivian Union Party was a political party in Bolivia. The party positioned itself as a 'revolutionary democratic centre-left nationalist' party. It was founded as a continuation of the Sucrist National Union Party. The party contested the 1979 presidential election, with Walter Gonzáles Valda as its candidate. González Valda obtained 19,997 votes.

After the coup d'état on 17 July 1980, the Barrientista Revolutionary Party disappeared.

Notes

  1. Raúl Rivadeneira Prada. El laberinto político de Bolivia. Ed. CINCO - Centro de Investigación y Consultoría, 1984. P.51.
  2. Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. P.151.
  3. Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. P.151.

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