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For Social Democracy(Spanish:Por la Democracia Social),abbr.PODEMOS,(Spanish:We can) is apolitical partyinVenezuela.In the2005 legislative electionsthe party won 15 out of 165 seats in theNational Assembly.
For Social Democracy Por la Democracia Social | |
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| Abbreviation | PODEMOS |
| Leader | Didalco Bolívar |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Split from | Movement for Socialism |
| Headquarters | Caracas |
| Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Centre-lefttoleft-wing |
| National affiliation | Great Patriotic Pole |
| Regional affiliation | COPPPAL |
| Seats in theLatin American Parliament | 0 / 12 |
| Seats in theNational Assembly | 4 / 277 |
| Governors of States of Venezuela | 0 / 23
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| Mayors | 0 / 337
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| Website | |
| https://twitter /PartidoPODEMOS | |
History
editThe party is led byIsmael GarcíaandDidalco Bolívar.It once supported presidentHugo Chávez,but refused to join the newUnited Socialist Party(PSUV) created by the president in 2007, and opposed Chávez's proposals in the2007 constitutional referendum.Since then, it broke with Chávez and became the only opposition voice in the Parliament. Hugo Chávez accused García of "raising the flags of the right."[1]
PODEMOS is a member ofCOPPPAL,[2]and used to be a consultative member ofSocialist International.[3]
In 2012, the party split and the anti-Chávez faction supporting Ismael García joined the anti-Chávez faction ofFatherland for All,creatingProgressive Advance,a centre-left party in opposition to thegovernment.The leadership of PODEMOS was then taken by the pro-Chávez Didalco Bolívar. Under Bolívar's leadership, the party left theDemocratic Unity Roundtableand joined the PSUV-ledGreat Patriotic Pole.
The party's youth wing is called the Unión de Jovenes Podemos.
Notes
edit- ^Presidente Chávez: dirigentes vacilantes deben explicar al pueblo razones para no adherirse al PSUV
- ^(in Spanish)COPPPAL,Partidos MiembrosArchivedJune 5, 2014, at theWayback Machine,accessed 10 June 2012
- ^Socialist InternationalMEMBER PARTIES of the SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL,accessed 10 June 2012
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