Barrientista Revolutionary Party
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The Barrientista Revolutionary Party (Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

: Partido Barrientista Revolucionario, PBR) was a right-wing "Barrientista
René Barrientos
René Barrientos Ortuño was a Bolivian politician who served as his country's Vice President in 1964 and as its President from 1964 to 1969....

" political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Bolivia
Bolivia
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.

The Barrientista Revolutionary Party was founded by ex-minister of René Barrientos
René Barrientos
René Barrientos Ortuño was a Bolivian politician who served as his country's Vice President in 1964 and as its President from 1964 to 1969....

's Government Enrique Gallardo Lozada in April 1978.
In 1978 the Barrientista Revolutionary Party allied with the Christian Democratic Party
Christian Democratic Party (Bolivia)
The Christian Democratic Party is a progressive Christian-democratic political party in Bolivia....

 and its candidate René Bernal Escalante.
In 1979 the Barrientista Revolutionary Party allied with the Bolivian Union Party
Bolivian Union Party
The Bolivian Union Party was a political party in Bolivia. The party positioned itself as a 'revolutionary democratic centre-left nationalist' party. It was founded as a continuation of the Sucrist National Union Party . The party contested the 1979 presidential election, with Walter Gonzáles...

 and its candidate Walter González Valda.
After the coup d'état on 17 July 1980 the Barrientista Revolutionary Party disappeared.
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