Party for a Country of Solidarity

Solidary Country Party
Partido País Solidario
LeaderCarlos Filizzola Pallarés
Founded2000
Split fromNational Encounter Party
HeadquartersSan José street, Asunción, Paraguay
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Social democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationConcertación
Regional affiliationForo de São Paulo
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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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. ^ a b "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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