Despite its socialist-sounding name, the PURS was actually a conservative party. It represented a last-ditch effort of Bolivia's traditional political establishment to oppose the forces of mass-based populism and of socialism represented by the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR).
The Republican Socialist Unity Party participated in the 1947 and 1951 general elections. Hertzog was elected President of the Republic in 1947, with Urriolagoitía as his vice-president; and the latter succeeded to the presidency when Hertzog resigned because of ill health.
In the 1951 elections, Gabriel Gosalvez ran for the PURS but received far fewer votes than the winner, Víctor Paz Estenssoro.[3] PURS supported the military takeover which followed the elections, in order to prevent Paz from becoming president on the basis of his popular plurality.[4]
The PURS would never come close to taking power again. It nominally continued to exist through the early 1970s, but largely became inactive after 1952.[5]
For the 1966 elections, the PURS was a component of the Democratic Institutionalist Alliance, with Hertzog as the coalition's presidential candidate. He polled 11,400 votes (01.13%) and came sixth.[6]
republican, socialist, unity, party, spanish, partido, unión, republicana, socialista, purs, political, party, founded, november, 1946, bolivia, fusion, republican, socialist, party, genuine, republican, party, united, socialist, party, independent, socialist,. The Republican Socialist Unity Party Spanish Partido de la Union Republicana Socialista PURS was a political party founded on 10 November 1946 in Bolivia as the fusion of the Republican Socialist Party the Genuine Republican Party the United Socialist Party and the Independent Socialist Party 1 Republican Socialist Unity Party Partido de la Union Republicana SocialistaLeaderEnrique HertzogFounded10 November 1946 1946 11 10 Dissolvedc 1978Merger ofRepublican Socialist PartyGenuine Republican PartyUnited Socialist PartyIndependent Socialist PartyHeadquartersLa PazIdeologyConservatismAnti communismAnti fascismEconomic liberalismPolitical positionRight wingNational affiliationDemocratic Institutionalist Alliance 1966 Nationalist Union of the People 1978 Politics of BoliviaPolitical partiesElectionsDespite its socialist sounding name the PURS was actually a conservative party It represented a last ditch effort of Bolivia s traditional political establishment to oppose the forces of mass based populism and of socialism represented by the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement MNR Led by Enrique Hertzog Garaizabal Francisco Lazcano Soruca Waldo Belmonte Pool and Mamerto Urriolagoitia Harriague the Republican Socialist Unity Party attempted particularly to revive the position and popularity of the old Saavedristas wing of the Republican Party PURS favored anticommunism ample room for free enterprise and antifascism primarily interpreted as opposition to the MNR 2 The Republican Socialist Unity Party participated in the 1947 and 1951 general elections Hertzog was elected President of the Republic in 1947 with Urriolagoitia as his vice president and the latter succeeded to the presidency when Hertzog resigned because of ill health In the 1951 elections Gabriel Gosalvez ran for the PURS but received far fewer votes than the winner Victor Paz Estenssoro 3 PURS supported the military takeover which followed the elections in order to prevent Paz from becoming president on the basis of his popular plurality 4 The PURS would never come close to taking power again It nominally continued to exist through the early 1970s but largely became inactive after 1952 5 For the 1966 elections the PURS was a component of the Democratic Institutionalist Alliance with Hertzog as the coalition s presidential candidate He polled 11 400 votes 01 13 and came sixth 6 In 1978 PURS allied with the Nationalist Union of the People and its candidate Juan Pereda 7 Notes edit Political handbook of the world 1950 New York 1950 P 16 Political parties of the Americas Canada Latin America and the West Indies Greenwood Press 1982 P 141 Sistema electotales en Bolivia PDF cne org bo Archived from the original PDF on 2010 07 18 Latin American political parties Praeger 1973 P 39 Political parties of the Americas Canada Latin America and the West Indies Greenwood Press 1982 P 141 Elections in the Americas a data handbook ed by Dieter Nohlen Vol 2 Oxford u a Oxford Univ Press 2005 P 150 Elections in the Americas a data handbook ed by Dieter Nohlen Vol 2 Oxford u a Oxford Univ Press 2005 P 139 nbsp nbsp This article about a Bolivian political party is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Republican Socialist Unity Party amp oldid 1062286407, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
