Party for a Country of Solidarity

The Party for a Country of Solidarity (Spanish: 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.

Party for a Country of Solidarity

Partido País Solidario
LeaderCarlos Filizzola Pallarés
Founded2000
Split fromNational Encounter Party
HeadquartersSan José street, Asunción, Paraguay
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Social democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationFrente Guasú
Regional affiliationForo de São Paulo
Website
www.paissolidario.org.py

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.

References
  1. "Senador Carlos Alberto Filizzola Pallarés" (in Spanish). Senate of Paraguay. Archived from the original on 2007-05-15.
  2. Dieter Nohlen (2005). Elections in the America: A Data Handbook - Volume 2 South America. Oxford University Press. p. 428. ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3.


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