Popular Revolutionary Alternative

The Popular Revolutionary Alternative (Spanish: Alternativa Popular Revolucionaria, APR) is a Venezuelan Chavista political coalition made up of socialist and leftist parties critical of the administration of Nicolás Maduro.

Popular Revolutionary Alternative

Alternativa Popular Revolucionaria
AbbreviationAPR
FoundedAugust 11, 2020 (2020-08-11)
IdeologyAnti-imperialism
Bolivarianism
Chavismo
Marxism–Leninism
Orthodox Trotskyism
Revolutionary socialism
Political positionFar-left
Coalition
ColorsRed
Seats in the National Assembly
1 / 277
Deputies to the State Legislative Councils
0 / 251
Governors
0 / 23
Mayors
0 / 335

The coalition was created in the leadup to the 2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election to bring together the political and social forces that support a deepening and radicalization of the ongoing "Bolivarian process",[1][2] as begun by Hugo Chávez, and who also seek to demarcate themselves from governmental policy.[3]

History

Background

The emergence of the Popular Revolutionary Alternative as a coalition coincided with a series of interventions by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice towards some of the left-wing parties in the Great Patriotic Pole, such as Tupamaro and Patria Para Todos.[4][5][6] The Communist Party of Venezuela also denounced surveillance by the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service on their headquarters in Puerto Cabello.[7]

The parties that have formed the APR indicate that the difficulties the Venezuelan economy is going through are due to the structural crisis of capitalism, intensified by the "economic asphyxiation of US imperialism."[8] The coalition denounces high costs of living, low salaries, and the rampant speculation & corruption in Venezuela currently, as well as opposing the adoption of unpopular measures by the "social-democratic" government that leads the PSUV. The APR stands for a "revolutionary way out" of the crisis in the country.[8]

2020 parliamentary elections

Within the framework of the 2020 elections to the National Assembly, the Popular Revolutionary Alternative will be using the electoral ticket of the Communist Party of Venezuela, the only ticket which the government has authorized to run legally.[9]

During the campaign, various candidates and leaders of the APR have been subject to arrests and death threats.[10][11]

Coalition parties
Political Party Acronym (Spanish) Founded in Political tendency
Communist Party of VenezuelaPCV1931Marxism–Leninism
Fatherland for All (section)PPT1997Libertarian socialism
Revolutionary Movement Tupamaro (section)MRT1998Guevarism
Revolutionary Party of LabourPRT2012Marxism–Leninism
Lucha de Clases (International Marxist Tendency)LdC2010Orthodox Trotskyism
Somos Lina MovementSL2018Anti-imperialism
Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200MBR-2001982Left-wing nationalism
United LeftIU2002Socialism
Compromiso PaísCOMPAAnti-oligarchy
Red Autónoma de ComunerosRAC2009Communalism

See also

References
  1. Dobson, Paul (10 August 2020). "PCV & PPT Build 'Alternative' Left Alliance". Venezuelanalysis.com. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. "Comunicado de la Alternativa Popular Revolucionaria". Lucha de Clases (in Spanish). 11 August 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  3. "PCV asegura que hay deslinde electoral con el Psuv, pero no ruptura". Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  4. "Movimiento Tupamaro rechazó intervención del TSJ". Runrun (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  5. Martínez, Deisy (21 August 2020). "TSJ ordena la intervención de la directiva de Patria Para Todos". Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  6. Martin, Jorge (22 August 2020). "Venezuela Supreme Court back coup inside Patria Para Todos party". In Defence of Marxism. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  7. "PCV denuncia presencia del SEBIN en su sede de Puerto Cabello". Runrun (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  8. "Nace la Alternativa Popular Revolucionaria: ¡reconstruyamos la esperanza!". Lucha de Clases (in Spanish). 6 August 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  9. Arias, Ángel (27 September 2020). "Sobre la APR y los ataques del Gobierno/PSUV: se necesita un balance histórico y lecciones estratégicas". Ideas de Izquierda (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  10. Lunn, Ben; Dobson, Paul (22 October 2020). "A New Revolutionary Alternative for the People of Venezuela". Venezuelanalysis.com. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  11. "Candidata de la APR en Mérida amenazada de muerte". La Izquierda Diario (in Spanish). 2 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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