Revolutionary Left Front (Bolivia)
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Revolutionary Left Front
Frente Revolucionario de Izquierda |
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| Chairperson | Óscar Zamora Medinaceli |
| Founded | April 23, 1978 |
| Colors | Blue, red |
The Revolutionary Left Front (Spanish: Frente Revolucionario de Izquierda, abbreviated FRI) is a political party in Bolivia, founded in 1978.
FRI was formed at a national conference of leftwing forces, held in La Paz April 23, 1978. The meeting was organized by an initiative committee (led by Dr. Guido Perales Aguilar as permanent secretary). The founding of FRI in April 1978 was a formalization of an already existing informal cooperation between different political groups. FRI was composed of the Communist Party of Bolivia (Marxist-Leninist) (PCB(ML)), Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Left (PRIN), Revolutionary Party of the Workers of Bolivia (PRTB), POR-Combate, Vanguardia Comunista del POR (the latter two were Trotskyist groups) and an independent grouping led by Manuel Morales Dávila.POR-Masas was blocked from joining FRI.Óscar Zamora Medinaceli was the funding chairman of FRI, and politically FRI was under the control of PCB(ML).Lidia Gueiler Tejada was the vice president of FRI. The declaration of principles of FRI read
FRI is the political instrument of the masses, which enables the accumulation of forces in order to defeat the dictatorship, impose democratic freedoms and achieve national liberation...
FRI itself was also part of a larger coalition in the 1978 electtions, the Democratic Alliance (along with the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, the Christian Democratic Party and Walter Guevara's PRA). The presidential candidate of FRI in the 1978 elections was Casiano Amurrio. Lidia Gueiler was the vice-presidential candidate of FRI. Amurrio obtained 23,459 votes (1.2% of the national vote).
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