Authentic Revolutionary Party
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Authentic Revolutionary Party
Partido Revolucionario Auténtico |
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| Leader | Wálter Guevara |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Dissolved | 1980 |
| Headquarters | La Paz |
| Ideology |
Nationalism Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Blue |
The Authentic Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Auténtico, PRA) was a political party in Bolivia.
The Authentic Revolutionary Party was founded in 1959 as a faction of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR), the ruling party under the presidency of Víctor Paz Estenssoro by Wálter Guevara Arze, formerly a major MNR ideologist and foreign minister, who unsuccessfully opposed Víctor Paz Estenssoro in the 1960 presidential election, polling 14% of the votes.
The party was led by Guevara Arze, Jorge Ríos Gamarra and José Luis Jofre.
The Authentic Revolutionary Party adopted a reformist, nationalist position critical of what it saw as the excessive influence of left-wing labor unions in the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement and in Bolivian politics generally.
By 1962, Guevara Arze had become convinced that the MNRA must establish its own identity separate from that of the MNR, so it was rechristened the Authentic Revolutionary Party – except for a small band of dissidents, who deserted Guevara Arze's leadership and retained the old name.
The PRA ran congressional candidates in 1962, but abstained from the 1964 voting as a measure of its continued opposition to Víctor Paz Estenssoro.
The Authentic Revolutionary Party supported the General René Barrientos Ortuño coup of 4 November 1964, overthrowing Víctor Paz Estenssoro. Wálter Guevara Arze and the PRA formally backed René Barrientos' presidential candidacy in 1966, and the Authentic Revolutionary Party served as part of the governing coalition of parties until 1969. Even after Barrientos' death, Guevara Arze continued as Bolivia's ambassador to the United Nations under Presidents Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas and Alfredo Ovando Candía, until 1970.
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