Workers' Party (Bolivia)
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The Workers' Party was a 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...

n left-wing-socialist 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...

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The Workers' Party was founded on November 23, 1937 by the leaders of the trade union Confederation of Bolivian Workers. The leaders of the Workers' Party were Waldo Álvarez España, Eduardo Arze Loureiro, Julio Ordóñez, Federico González, Luciano Durán Boger, Luis Peñaloza and Román Vera Álvarez.

The Workers' Party was associated with the revolutionary government of Colonel Germán Busch Becerra
Germán Busch
Germán Busch Becerra was a former Bolivian military officer, hero of the Chaco War , and president of Bolivia between 1937 and 1939.Germán Busch was born in San Javier, in central Bolivia's hot, fertile, coffee-growing region to a physician, a German...

 (1937 – 1939). For the 1938 congressional elections, the Workers' Party was the component of the pro-military United Socialist Front
United Socialist Front
The United Socialist Front was an electoral political alliance of left-wing and socialist political parties and organizations....

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The Workers' Party did not long survive the suicide of Colonel Germán Busch
Germán Busch
Germán Busch Becerra was a former Bolivian military officer, hero of the Chaco War , and president of Bolivia between 1937 and 1939.Germán Busch was born in San Javier, in central Bolivia's hot, fertile, coffee-growing region to a physician, a German...

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