Party for a Country of Solidarity explained

Country:Paraguay
Solidary Country Party
Native Name:Partido País Solidario
Colorcode:
  1. 6D35AC
Split:National Encounter Party
Leader:Carlos Filizzola Pallarés
Foundation:2000
Ideology:Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Position:Centre-left
Seats1 Title:Chamber of Deputies
Seats2 Title:Senate
Headquarters:San José street, Asunción, Paraguay
National:Concertación
Regional:Foro de São Paulo
Website:www.paissolidario.org.py

The Party for a Country of Solidarity (Spanish; Castilian: Partido País Solidario, PPS) is a political party in Paraguay. It was formed in 2000 when a faction of the National Encounter Party led by Carlos Filizzola broke away to create a new party.

History

The party originated in 1996 as a faction of the National Encounter Party, the Movimiento Participación Amplia, Integración Solidaridad (PAIS).[1] In 2000 Filizzola, who had been the National Encounter Party's President from April 1996 to March 1999, led the faction out of the National Encounter Party to form the Party for a Country of Solidarity.[1]

The party first contested national elections in 2003,[2] when it won two seats in the Chamber of Deputies with 3.3% of the vote. For the 2008 elections it was part of the Patriotic Alliance for Change, which won two seats.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: . Senador Carlos Alberto Filizzola Pallarés . https://web.archive.org/web/20070515202306/http://www.senado.gov.py/?pagina=cv&id=53 . dead . 2007-05-15 . Spanish.
  2. Book: Elections in the America: A Data Handbook - Volume 2 South America . Dieter Nohlen . Dieter Nohlen . 2005 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-928358-3 . 428.