Colorado Party (Uruguay)
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The Colorado Party (Spanish: Partido Colorado) is a political party in Uruguay. It agroups both liberal and social-democrat groups. It was the officialist party almost without interruption between the stablisment of the republic. Some of its major historical leaders were Fructuoso Rivera, Venancio Flores, José Batlle y Ordóñez, Luis Batlle Berres, Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo and Jorge Batlle. At the last legislative elections, 31 October 2004, the party won % of the popular vote and out of 99 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and out of 31 in the Senate. Its presidential candidate, Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez, won the same day 10.4 % of the popular vote.
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The begining
The big war
The first Batllism
Terrism
The second Batllism
Pacheco, Bordaberry and the coup d'etat
The return to democracy
The crisis
The party today
The colorado party collapsed in the 2004 elections, when it's candidate Guillermo Stirling suffered it's worst defeat ever. Today, the party is a weak opposition with only three Senators.
See also
- Liberalism
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracy
- Liberalism in Uruguay
