Workers' Party (Paraguay)

The Workers' Party (Spanish: Partido de los Trabajadores, PT) is a Trotskyist political party in Paraguay.

History

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.^[1] 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 the 1998 or 2003 elections, but ran a candidate, Julio López, for the presidential elections in 2008. However, López finished last with just 0.1% of the vote.

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p429 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

External links

Official website (Spanish)

Political parties in Paraguay

Represented in Congress	Colorado Party Authentic Radical Liberal Party Guasú Front Paraguayan Communist Party Party for a Country of Solidarity Tekojoja People's Party others National Union of Ethical Citizens Avanza País Christian Democratic Party Revolutionary Febrerista Party others National Encounter Party Democratic Progressive Party Beloved Fatherland Party Chaqueña Passion Alliance

Unrepresented	Boquerón Departmental Alliance Paraguayan Humanist Party Partido Patria Libre Workers' Party

Defunct	Citizen's Force Movement Liberal Party National Christian Union National Renewal Movement Paraguayan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) Radical Liberal Party Unified Radical Liberal Party United National Liberation Front

Alliances	Avanza País Chaqueña Passion Alliance Guasú Front Patriotic Alliance for Change

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