Partido Patria Libre (lit. Free Homeland Party , PPL) is a far-left Marxist–Leninist communist party in Paraguay . It defines its goals as " Marxist–Leninist , socialist patriotist , and anti-imperialist ."
4-523: The PPL was founded by former activists of the Popular Democratic Movement (MDP) on 3 February 1990, under the name Corriente Patria Libre (lit. Free Homeland Current ). In February 1992, it was renamed Movimiento Patria Libre ( Free Homeland Movement ). It acquired its current name in December 2002 after the movement was officially registered as a political party. The PPL has strong roots in
8-547: Is a Trotskyist political party in Paraguay. The party was established on 19 March 1989. It first contested national elections in 1991, when it received 0.6% of the vote in the Constitutional Assembly elections , finishing sixth but failing to win a seat. It again failed to win a seat in the 1993 general elections , in which its candidate for president, Eduardo Arce, finished fourth with 0.2%. The party did not contest
12-722: The movement for left regroupment and led the United Left (Paraguay) (IU) alliance, which also included the Workers' Party (PT), the Socialist Revolutionary Nucleus (NRS), the April 19 Indigenous Movement (M-19 Abril), and the Paraguayan Socialist Party (PSP). The Paraguayan Communist Party (PCP) withdrew from IU in 2003. In the 2003 presidential elections , Tomás Zayas of the United Left received about 0.3 percent of
16-657: The vote (4,550 total votes). In the 2003 legislative elections , PPL candidates won 1.1% of the vote in the Chamber of Deputies and 1% of the vote in the Senate. Neither result was significant enough to win any seats. The party did not participate in the 2008 general elections , but contested the 2013 elections , in which it received around 0.1% of the vote, again failing to win any seats. The PPL platform calls for, among other things, Workers%27 Party (Paraguay) The Workers' Party ( Spanish : Partido de los Trabajadores , PT )
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