Movimiento al Socialismo (Venezuela)
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The Movement for Socialism (Spanish: Movimiento al Socialismo, or MAS) is a democratic socialist political party in Venezuela.
History
MAS was founded in 1971, with a view to emphasising a
In the 1970s to the 1990s, members of MAS hoped that the party would become the third largest political force, challenging the dominant
MAS initially supported the government of Hugo Chávez in 1998. Petkoff disagreed with this decision and left the party. Disagreements between MAS and Chávez subsequently emerged, and MAS joined the opposition.
In the
In the period since 1989, when state governors have been directly elected, the party has
Presidential candidates supported
Elections where MAS backed the winning candidate shown in bold
- 1973 election: José Vicente Rangel(4.26%)
- 1978 election: José Vicente Rangel(5.18%)
- 1983 election: Teodoro Petkoff(4.17%)
- 1988 election: Teodoro Petkoff(2.71%)
- Convergencia, MAS contributing 10.59% of vote)
- 1998 election: Hugo Chávez (Fifth Republic Movement candidate, MAS contributing 9.00%)
- 2000 election: Hugo Chávez (Fifth Republic Movementcandidate, MAS contributing 8.70%)
- 2006 election: Manuel Rosales (A New Era candidate, MAS contributing 0.61%)
- 2012 election: Henrique Capriles (A Democratic Unity Roundtable candidate)
- 2013 election: Henrique Capriles (A Democratic Unity Roundtable candidate)
- 2018 election: Henri Falcón (A Progressive Advance candidate)[2]
MAS is a member of Socialist International,[3] and a member of COPPPAL.[4]
See also
- Douglas Bravo and his FALN guerilla faction had been expelled from the Communist Party in 1965, forming the Party of Venezuelan Revolution.
References
- doi:10.2307/2626764.
- ^ "Ex chavista desafía a la MUD y se lanza como candidato". El Informador (in Spanish). 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ Socialist International MEMBER PARTIES of the SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL, accessed 10 June 2012
- ^ (in Spanish) COPPPAL, Partidos Miembros Archived 2014-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 10 June 2012