Colorado Party (Uruguay)
From Academic Kids
Template:Politics of Uruguay The Colorado Party (Spanish: Partido Colorado) is a political party in Uruguay. It agroups both liberal and social-democrat groups. It was the officialist party almost without interruption between the stablisment of the republic. Some of it's major historical leaders were Fructuoso Rivera, Venancio Flores, José Batlle y Ordóñez, Luis Batlle Berres, Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo and Jorge Batlle.
| Contents |
[edit]
The begining
[edit]
The big war
[edit]
The first Batllism
[edit]
Terrism
[edit]
The second Batllism
[edit]
Pacheco, Bordaberry and the coup d'etat
[edit]
The return to democracy
[edit]
The crisis
[edit]
The party today
The colorado party collapsed in the 2004 elections, when it's candidate Guillermo Stirling sufferd it's worst defeat ever. Today, the party is a weak opposition with only three Senators.
[edit]
See also
- Liberalism
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracy
- Liberalism in Uruguay
Template:Liberalparty-stubes:Partido Colorado (Uruguay) fr:Parti Colorado
