Party for a Country of Solidarity

Party for a Country of Solidarity
Leader Carlos Filizzola Pallarés
Founded 2000
Split from National Encounter Party
Headquarters San José street, Asunción, Paraguay
Ideology Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Political position Centre-left
National affiliation Frente Guasú
International affiliation Socialist International,
Foro de São Paulo
Website
www.paissolidario.org.py

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.

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. 1 2 (Spanish) Senate of Paraguay, Senador Carlos Alberto Filizzola Pallarés
  2. ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p428 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
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