Independent Socialist Party (1944)
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The Independent Socialist Party (1944) (Spanish
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: Partido Socialista Independiente, PSI) was founded in 1944 by Enrique Baldivieso
Enrique Baldivieso
Enrique Baldivieso Aparicio served as Vice President of Bolivia from 1938 to 1939, during the presidency of Germán Busch.-References:...

, José Tamayo, Fernando Campero Álvarez and Augusto Guzmán, former leaders of the United Socialist Party
United Socialist Party (Bolivia)
The United Socialist Party was founded on 15 march, 1936, as the result of a split in the Nationalist Party in 1936 and the adhesion of some prominent members of the Republican Socialist Party in 1937, and backed by Legion of Veterans and by the regional socialist groups.The leaders of the party...

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With the coup d'état of 1943 and the coming to power of Major Gualberto Villarroel López
Gualberto Villarroel
Gualberto Villarroel López was the head of state of Bolivia from December 20, 1943 to July 21, 1946. A reformist, he is nonetheless remembered for his alleged fascist sympathies, and is sometimes compared with Argentina's Juan Domingo Perón...

, the United Socialist Party
United Socialist Party (Bolivia)
The United Socialist Party was founded on 15 march, 1936, as the result of a split in the Nationalist Party in 1936 and the adhesion of some prominent members of the Republican Socialist Party in 1937, and backed by Legion of Veterans and by the regional socialist groups.The leaders of the party...

 split, with a dissident group forming the Independent Socialist Party, which for some time cooperated with the Villarroel regime and with Congressional majority bloc.
With the overthrow of Villarroel, on 10 November, 1946, the Independent Socialist Party joined with the Genuine Republican Party
Genuine Republican Party
The Genuine Republican Party or "Escalieristas" was founded in Bolivia in 1921 by José María Escalier and Daniel Domingo Salamanca Urey following a split in the Republican Party....

, the United Socialist Party
United Socialist Party (Bolivia)
The United Socialist Party was founded on 15 march, 1936, as the result of a split in the Nationalist Party in 1936 and the adhesion of some prominent members of the Republican Socialist Party in 1937, and backed by Legion of Veterans and by the regional socialist groups.The leaders of the party...

 and the Republican Socialist Party to create the Republican Socialist Unity Party
Republican Socialist Unity Party
The Republican Socialist Unity Party was a political party founded on 10 November, 1946 in Bolivia as the fusion of the Republican Socialist Party, the Genuine Republican Party, the United Socialist Party, and the Independent Socialist Party.The PURS was a last-ditch effort of Bolivia's...

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