Peruvian Socialist Movement
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Peruvian Socialist Movement , was a 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 Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
founded in 1989, through a split in the Mariateguist Unified Party
Mariateguist Unified Party
Mariateguist Unified Party was a political party in Peru founded in 1984 by Revolutionary Vanguard , Revolutionary Left Movement , Workers Revolutionary Party and a sector of Revolutionary Communist Party...
(PUM). Leaders of MSP included Carlos Tapia and Sinesio López. It contested on the lists of ASI
Left Socialist Accord
Left Socialist Accord , was a political alliance in Peru founded in 1989 by three groups that left IU: Revolutionary Socialist Party , Revolutionary Communist Party and Peruvian Socialist Movement . ASI contested the 1989 municipal elections. Later ASI was dissolved....
in the municipal elections 1989 and on the lists of IS
Socialist Left (Peru)
Socialist Left was an electoral alliance in Peru formed by Left Socialist Accord and the non-party socialist movement in 1989. In the 1990 presidential elections, IS launched Alfonso Barrantes Lingán as its candidate but lost....
in the general elections 1990. Later MSP was dissolved.