Popular Movement for National Liberation explained

The Popular Movement for National Liberation (Spanish: Movimiento Popular de Liberación Nacional, MPLN) was a left-wing political party in Bolivia. In 1972, Ramiro Velasco Romero split from the Revolutionary Left Movement and founded the Popular Movement for National Liberation.^[1]

In 1978 the political party took out a pamphlet where they explain its origin, where they talk about its influence from the Ñancahuazú Guerrilla, the Foquismo, and the social and political crisis lived in Bolivia.^[2] .In 1978, 1979, and 1980 the MPLN took part in an electoral coalition Democratic and Popular Union backing Hernán Siles Zuazo.^[3]

In 1983, the Popular Movement for National Liberation merged with the Socialist Party-One.^{[4] [5]}

The Socialist Party-One presented Ramiro Velasco Romero as its presidential candidate in 1985 and 1993.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Omar Chávez Zamorano, Susana Peñaranda de del Granado. Jaime Paz Zamora: un político de raza. S. Peñaranda y O. Chávez, 1997. P.102.
2. Web site: Explicación sobre el origen del MPLN. cedema. 2020-04-18.
3. Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. P.151.
4. Raúl Rivadeneira Prada. El laberinto político de Bolivia. Ed. CINCO - Centro de Investigación y Consultoría, 1984. P.63.
5. Web site: Solidaridad con Bolivia obrera y popular (Adhesivo). Cedema. 2020-04-18.
6. Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. P.152.