Colorado Party (Uruguay)
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 Colorado Party |
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| President | Julio María Sanguinetti |
| Founded | 1836 |
| Headquarters | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Official ideology/ political position |
Liberalism |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Website | www.partidocolorado.com.uy |
The Colorado Party (Spanish: Partido Colorado) is a political party in Uruguay. It unites both liberal and social democratic groups. It was the dominant party of government almost without exception during the stabilisation of the Uruguayan republic.
At the last 2004 national elections, the Colorado Party won 10 seats out of 99 in the Chamber of Deputies and 3 seats out of 31 in the Senate. Its presidential candidate, Guillermo Stirling, won the same 10.4 % of the popular vote.
[edit] History
Some of its major historical leaders were Fructuoso Rivera, Venancio Flores, José Batlle y Ordóñez, Luis Batlle Berres, Jorge Pacheco Areco, Juan María Bordaberry, Julio María Sanguinetti and Jorge Batlle.
The party has historically been the most elected party in Uruguayan history with almost uninterrupted dominance during the 20th century. The Colorados were in office from 1865 to 1959, when they were defeated by the Partido Nacional in the 1958 elections. They returned to office after the 1966 elections. They won the first elections at the end of the military dictatorship, in 1984. They went on to win the 1994 and 1999 elections.
The Colorado Party suffered its worst defeat ever in the last 2004 national elections, with little over 10 per cent of the popular vote for its candidate Guillermo Stirling. Currently, the party is in weak opposition with only three out of thirty national Senators. Reasons for the party's weakness are many, but these include the economic crisis and old party leaders.
[edit] See also
- Colorado Party (Paraguay)
- Liberalism
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracy
- Liberalism in Uruguay
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