The Social Alliance is a
Bolivian political party founded on 9 October 2005. It was granted juridical personhood by the National Electoral Court on 22 December 2006. The party grew out of the successful 2004 campaign of leader
René Joaquino Cabrera for
mayor
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of
Potosí
Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Potosí Department, Department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the list of highest cities in the world, highest cities in the wo ...
.
René Joaquino was the party's candidate in the 2009 presidential election, in which he placed fourth with 2.31% of the vote.
[Comisión Nacional Electoral]
Acto de Computo Nacional, Elecciones Generales 2009
. The party elected two deputies to the Chamber of Deputies of the
Plurinational Legislative Assembly
The Plurinational Legislative Assembly () is the national legislature of Bolivia, placed in La Paz, the country's seat of government.
The assembly is bicameral, consisting of a lower house (the Chamber of Deputies or ) and an upper house (the ...
: Ángel David Cortés Villegas from Constituency 37 in Potosí department and Wilman Ramon Cardozo Surriabre from Constituency 48 in Tarija department. In the 2010 regional election, the party contested in 22 municipalities, winning the Mayor's office in just one, Potosí (again, René Joaquino).
References
External links
Website of René Joaquino CabreraOfficial blog of the Social Alliance in La Paz
2005 establishments in Bolivia
Indigenous political parties in South America
Indigenous organisations in Bolivia
Political parties established in 2005
Political parties in Bolivia
Socialist parties in Bolivia
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Political parties of minorities in Bolivia