The Antifascist Democratic Front (

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: ''Frente Democrático Antifascista'', FDA) was a

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of the traditionalist and

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Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

. The Antifascist Democratic Front was created on 18 December 1945 by: *the

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, PL; *the

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, PRS; *the

Genuine Republican Party The Genuine Republican Party (, PRG) was founded in Bolivia in 1921 by José María Escalier and Daniel Domingo Salamanca Urey following a split in the Republican Party. The Genuine Republican Party was formed by a conservative sector. The Rep ...

, PRG; *the United Socialist Party, PSU and *the

Revolutionary Left Party The Revolutionary Left Party (, PIR) was a communist party in Bolivia. It was founded by Dr. José Antonio Arze and other Bolivian intellectuals on 26 July 1940 during a left-wing congress held in Oruro. The PIR was sympathetic to the Commun ...

, PIR. These were desperate attempts to stem the radical tide of the government of

Gualberto Villarroel López Gualberto Villarroel López (15 December 1908 – 21 July 1946) was a Bolivian military officer who served as the 39th president of Bolivia from 1943 to 1946. A reformist, sometimes compared with Argentina's Juan Perón, he is nonetheless re ...

. On 21 July 1946, students and workers overthrew the government and

Gualberto Villarroel Gualberto Villarroel López (15 December 1908 – 21 July 1946) was a Bolivians, Bolivian military officer who served as the 39th president of Bolivia from 1943 to 1946. A reformist, sometimes compared with Argentina's Juan Perón, he is non ...

was killed. After the overthrow of the President

, on 10 November 1946, the

and the United Socialist Party merged and formed the new

Republican Socialist Unity Party The Republican Socialist Unity Party (Spanish: ''Partido de la Unión Republicana Socialista'', PURS) was a political party founded on 10 November 1946 in Bolivia as the fusion of the Republican Socialist Party, the Genuine Republican Party, the U ...

. The PURS left the Antifascist Democratic Front. For the 1947 general elections, the Antifascist Democratic Front was reestablished by: *the

, PL; *the

, PIR and *the

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, PSD. In 1947, the FDA's candidate Luis Femando Guachalla narrowly lost to

Enrique Hertzog José Enrique Hertzog Garaizábal (10 November 1897 – 31 July 1981) was a Bolivian physician and politician who served as the 42nd president of Bolivia from 1947 to 1949. Biography Hertzog was born on 10 November 1897. A medical doctor by ...

of the PURS. Walter Ríos Gamboa. Bolivia, hacia la democracía: apuntes histórico-políticos. Khana Cruz, 1979. P.161.

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