The Leftwing Revolutionary Nationalist Movement – 20th Century (, abbreviated MNRI-Siglo XX) was a

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. MNRI-Siglo XX was founded in August 1984, after a fraction of technocrats broke away from

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's ruling Revolutionary Nationalist Leftwing Movement (MNRI).

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, former Minister of Foreign Affairs. The party dissolved itself as it merged with the

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.Rolón Anaya, Mario. Política y partidos en Bolivia. La Paz, Bolivia: Librería Editorial "Juventud", 1999. p. 507

Political outlook

The founders of MNRI-Siglo XX accused MNRI of sectarianism and opportunism, said to be the causes behind the debacle of UDP. The new party identified itself as the 'revolutionary tendency' that had emerged from MNRI. The manifesto of the party declared it as seeking 'the hegemony of the

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and popular sectors in the national liberation process'. The party stated that it sought to promote a

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, with a strong cooperative sector. In international politics, the party claimed to represent

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and

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viewpoints, favouring non-alignment.Rolón Anaya, Mario. Política y partidos en Bolivia. La Paz, Bolivia: Librería Editorial "Juventud", 1999. p. 508

Leadership

The National Command of MNRI-Siglo XX consisted of Mario Velarde Dorado, Franklin Anaya Vásquez, Orlando Cossio Romero, Marcelo Barrón Rondón, Reynaldo Mercado Uribe, Joaquín Monasterio Pinckert, Enrique Ipiña Melgar, Marcos Tufiño Banzer, Marcial Tamayo Sáenz, José Rivero Vargas, Jorge Rivero Vargas, Gladys San Martín de Rodríguez, María Escobar, Casta Jaimes, Sandra Urquidi Collins, Martha Arévalo, Jorge Rioja Pérez, Guido Menacho, and Guillermo Bazoberry.

References

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