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Revolutionary Left Movement (Bolivia)
The Revolutionary Left Movement – New Majority (; MIR–NM) was a social democratic political party in Bolivia whose registration was annulled in 2006 after it failed achieve the electoral results needed to maintain its official registration. In the elections of 2009, the party did not field any candidates. It was a member of the Socialist International.Howard J. Wiarda, Harvey F. Kline, ''Latin American politics and development'', Westview Press, 1990 History The MIR was founded in 1971 by a merger of a left-wing faction of Bolivia's Christian Democratic Party and the radical student wing of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR). It has been led from the beginning by Jaime Paz Zamora. The MIR was becoming influential in the labor movement and politics during the early 1970s, but it was repressed by the government of Hugo Banzer later in the 1970s. In 1978, the MIR joined the left-of-center UDP alliance of former president Hernán Siles Zuazo. After a few years of u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movimiento De La Izquierda Revolucionaria - Nueva Mayoría (emblem)
The Revolutionary Left Movement – New Majority (; MIR–NM) was a social democratic political party in Bolivia whose registration was annulled in 2006 after it failed achieve the electoral results needed to maintain its official registration. In the elections of 2009, the party did not field any candidates. It was a member of the Socialist International.Howard J. Wiarda, Harvey F. Kline, ''Latin American politics and development'', Westview Press, 1990 History The MIR was founded in 1971 by a merger of a left-wing faction of Bolivia's Christian Democratic Party (Bolivia), Christian Democratic Party and the radical student wing of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR). It has been led from the beginning by Jaime Paz Zamora. The MIR was becoming influential in the labor movement and politics during the early 1970s, but it was repressed by the government of Hugo Banzer later in the 1970s. In 1978, the MIR joined the left-of-center UDP alliance of former president Hernán S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |