Katarist United Liberation Front
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The Katarist United Liberation Front was a Katarist
political party
in Bolivia
. The party was launched by Jenaro Flores Santos
ahead of the 1989 elections
. FULKA was formed after a split in the Tupaq Katari Revolutionary Movement
(MRTK) at the 1988 congress of MRTK. MRTK, later re-named MRTKL, and FULKA developed an antagonistic relationship, and the bickering between the two parties hurt the public confidence in both.
Flores Santos was the presidential candidate of the party and their candidate for vice president was Hermógenes Bazualdo García. The Flores-Bazualdo ticket obtained 16,416 votes (1.16% of the national vote).
FULKA leader Flores Santos was the vice presidential candidate of the United Left
(IU) in the 1993 presidential election
.
Katarismo
Katarism is a political tendency in Bolivia, named after the 18th-century indigenous leader Túpaj Katari. The katarista movement began to articulate itself publicly in the early 1970s, recovering a political identity of the Aymara people...
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
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
. The party was launched by Jenaro Flores Santos
Jenaro Flores Santos
Jenaro Flores Santos is a Bolivian trade union leader and politician.Flores Santos was the founder of the Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia, or CSUTCB...
ahead of the 1989 elections
Bolivian presidential election, 1989
- Campaign :In the initial months of 1989, the MNR tried in vain to postpone the election date, arguing that the deadline for electoral registration restricted citizen participation. In December 1988, the party's delegation in Congress had managed to amend the electoral law of 1986...
. FULKA was formed after a split in the Tupaq Katari Revolutionary Movement
Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari
The Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari is a left-wing political party in Bolivia....
(MRTK) at the 1988 congress of MRTK. MRTK, later re-named MRTKL, and FULKA developed an antagonistic relationship, and the bickering between the two parties hurt the public confidence in both.
Flores Santos was the presidential candidate of the party and their candidate for vice president was Hermógenes Bazualdo García. The Flores-Bazualdo ticket obtained 16,416 votes (1.16% of the national vote).
FULKA leader Flores Santos was the vice presidential candidate of the United Left
United Left (Bolivia)
The United Left was a political coalition in Bolivia. IU was launched ahead of the 1989 national elections, as a successor of the United People's Front...
(IU) in the 1993 presidential election
Bolivian presidential election, 1993
Bolivia held a general election on 6 June 1993, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Congress.- Presidential election results :ONI – National Organization of IndependentsCONDEPA – Conscience of Fatherland...
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