New Republican Force
New Republican Force Nueva Fuerza Republicana | |
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| National affiliation | Plan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence |
The New Republican Force (
History
The NFR was founded in 1995.[2] After the Assembly for the Sovereignty of the Peoples' (ASP) success in the 1999 municipal elections in Cochabamba, the NFR offered ASP leader Alejo Véliz and other peasant activists top candidate positions and won them over.[1]
At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won 26.5% of the popular vote and 27 out of 130 seats in the
In the 2005 general elections the party received 0.7% of the popular vote and failed to win a seat. Its presidential candidate was Gildo Angulo Cabrera. In September 2009, the NFR participated in the formation of a broad oppositional coalition called Plan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence (PPB-CN). The coalition's candidate in the 2009 presidential election was NFR's leader Reyes Villa.[6]
References
- ^ ISBN 9780822972990
- ^ ISBN 9780804767910
- ^ Centellas, Miguel (Fall 2011), "Beyond Caudillos: The Need to Create a Strong Multiparty System", ReVista — Harvard Review of Latin America, archived from the original on 2012-09-23
- ^ ISBN 9781405821292
- ^ a b "Bolivian president resigns amid chaos", The Guardian, 18 October 2003
- ^ "Nuevo frente amplio se denomina Convergencia Nacional PPB-CN Archived 2012-05-18 at the Wayback Machine," fmBolivia, 5 September 2009.
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