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{{Short description|Political party in Paraguay}}
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{{Infobox Political party
{{Infobox political party
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|colorcode = {{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}
|name = Authentic Radical Liberal Party
| colorcode = {{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}
|native_name = Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico
| name = Authentic Radical Liberal Party
| native_name = Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico
|logo = Logo PLRA nuevo.png
|logo_size = 250px
| logo = Logo PLRA nuevo.png
|president = [[Efraín Alegre]]
| logo_size = 250px
| president = Hugo Fleitas<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-10-20|language=es|title=Hugo Fleitas: Vamos a empezar un nuevo ciclo de reformas dentro del PLRA|url=https://www.abc.com.py/politica/2023/08/06/hugo-fleitas-vamos-a-empezar-un-nuevo-ciclo-de-reformas-dentro-del-plra/|website=ABC Color}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
|foundation = 1887 (historical)<br />1978 (modern)
| foundation = 10 July 1887
|split = [[Radical Liberal Party (Paraguay)|Radical Liberal Party]]
| split = [[Liberal Party (Paraguay)|Liberal Party]]<br/>[[Radical Liberal Party (Paraguay)|Radical Liberal Party]]
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|headquarters = Iturbe 936 c/ Manuel Domínguez, [[Asunción]]
| membership_year = 2022
|ideology = [[Liberalism]]<br />[[Radicalism (historical)|Radicalism]]
| membership = 1,548,023<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abc.com.py/politica/2022/06/04/plra-supera-los-15-millones-de-afiliados/ | title=PLRA supera los 1,5 millones de afiliados - Política - ABC Color }}</ref>
|position = [[Centrism|Centre]] to [[Center-left]]
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| headquarters = Iturbe 936 c/ Manuel Domínguez, [[Asunción]]
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|international = [[Liberal International]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liberal-international.org/site/Full_Members.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-05-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525043836/http://www.liberal-international.org/site/Full_Members.html |archivedate=2014-05-25 }}, Liberal International, www.liberal-international.org.</ref>
| ideology = [[Liberalism]]<ref>[https://reformaspoliticas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Estatuto-PLRA.pdf/ Reformas Políticas en América Latina] {{dead link|date=February 2024}}</ref><br>[[Progressivism]]<ref>[https://www.abc.com.py/nacionales/plra-apunta-a-movimiento-progresista-1307891.html/ PLRA] abc.com {{dead link|date=February 2024}}</ref>
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|affiliation1_title = Regional affiliation
| position = [[Centrism|Centre]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Tom |date=2023-04-06 |title=This election may give China a new Latin America friend at Taiwan's expense |url=https://www.newsweek.com/this-election-may-give-china-new-latin-america-friend-taiwans-expense-1792571 |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kessler |first=Jacob |title=Taiwan in the hot seat during Paraguay presidential elections |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/17/taiwan-in-the-hot-seat-during-paraguay-presidential-elections |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, ''Paraguay: Information on the Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico (PLRA), 1985-1991'', 1 February 1992, PRY10271, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abee2c.html [accessed 11 January 2024]</ref> to [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1853-984X2021000200004/|title=SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online|accessdate=24 February 2024}}</ref>
|affiliation1 = [[Liberal Network for Latin America]]
|seats1_title = [[Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay|Chamber of Deputies]]
| national = [[Concertación (Paraguay)|Concertación]]
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| international = [[Liberal International]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liberal-international.org/site/Full_Members.html |title=List of full members |access-date=2016-05-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525043836/http://www.liberal-international.org/site/Full_Members.html |archive-date=2014-05-25 }}, Liberal International, www.liberal-international.org.</ref>
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|seats1 = {{Composition bar|17|80|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
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| affiliation1_title = Regional affiliation
|seats2_title = [[Senate of Paraguay|Senate]]
| affiliation1 =
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|seats2 = {{Composition bar|13|45|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
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| seats1_title = [[Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay|Chamber of Deputies]]
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|website = [http://www.plra.org.py/ http://www.plra.org.py/]
|flag = [[File:Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg|200px]]
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|22|80|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|country = Paraguay
| seats2_title = [[Senate of Paraguay|Senate]]
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| seats2 = {{Composition bar|7|45|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
| seats3_title = Governors
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| seats3 = {{Composition bar|2|17|{{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
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| website = {{url|http://www.plra.org.py/}}
| flag = [[File:Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg|200px]]
| country = Paraguay
}}
}}
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The '''Authentic Radical Liberal Party''' ({{langx|es|Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico}} or ''PLRA'') is a [[liberalism|liberal]] and [[Classical radicalism|radical]] [[political party]] in [[Paraguay]]. The party is a full member of [[Liberal International]]. The ''liberales'', as they are known, are the leading opposition to the dominant conservative [[Colorado Party (Paraguay)|Colorado Party]]. They have taken this position since the end of the [[Alfredo Stroessner]] dictatorship in 1989. They are the political successors of the [[Liberal Party (Paraguay)|Liberal Party]], which traces its history back to 10 July 1887.


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The party was formed by [[Domingo Laíno]], [[Carmen Casco de Lara Castro]], Carlos Alberto González, [[Miguel Ángel Martínez Yaryes]], and others in 1978, in opposition to the [[Constitution of Paraguay#Constitution of 1967|Constitutional Amendment of 1977]] which imposed no term limits to the re-election of the Paraguayan president.<ref>{{cite thesis|last=Silva|first=Tamy Amorim da|date=2016|title=Memórias sobre uma Dama Valente: Carmen de Lara Castro e a Ditadura Stronista (1967–1989)|url=https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/173267/344147.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|type=master's degree|publisher=[[Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina]]|location=Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil|access-date=8 September 2017|language=pt|trans-title=Memories of a valiant woman: Carmen de Lara Castro and the Stronista Dictatorship (1967-1989)|page=169}}</ref> The PLRA remained officially unrecognized from its foundation in 1978 until the overthrow of Alfredo Stroessner. During this time, PLRA activists suffered continual harassment.<ref>{{Cite book|first=Andrew |last=Nickson|page=461|title=Historical Dictionary of Paraguay |year=2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers}}</ref>
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The '''Authentic Radical Liberal Party''' ({{lang-es|Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico}} or ''PLRA'') is a [[centrist]] [[liberalism|liberal]] [[political party]] in [[Paraguay]]. The party is a full member of [[Liberal International]]. The ''liberales'', as they are known, are the leading opposition to the dominant conservative [[Colorado Party (Paraguay)|Colorado Party]]. They have taken this position since the end of the [[Alfredo Stroessner]] dictatorship in 1989. They are the political successors of the [[Liberal Party (Paraguay)|Liberal Party]].


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In the [[2008 Paraguayan general election|presidential elections of 2008]], the party achieved victory over the Colorado Party for the first time in 61 years through a [[Patriotic Alliance for Change|political alliance]] headed by leftist [[Fernando Lugo]] and composed by other left-wing political parties. At the 2008 legislative elections, the party won 26 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 14 seats in the Senate. They were approximately tied with the Colorados in the number of seats won in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
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The party was formed by [[Domingo Laíno]], [[Carmen Casco de Lara Castro]], Carlos Alberto González, [[Miguel Ángel Martínez Yaryes]], and others in 1978, in opposition to the [[Constitution of Paraguay#Constitution of 1967|Constitutional Amendment of 1977]] which allowed no term limits to the re-election of the Paraguayan president.<ref>{{cite thesis|last=Silva|first=Tamy Amorim da|date=2016|title=Memórias sobre uma Dama Valente: Carmen de Lara Castro e a Ditadura Stronista (1967–1989)|url=https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/173267/344147.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|type=master's degree|publisher=[[Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina]]|location=Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil|access-date=8 September 2017|language=Portuguese|trans-title=Memories of a valiant woman: Carmen de Lara Castro and the Stronista Dictatorship (1967-1989)|page=169}}</ref>


Following the June 2012 [[impeachment of Fernando Lugo]], which the PLRA spearheaded,{{sfn|Nickson|2015|pp=461}} the governing alliance fell apart, and Vice-President [[Federico Franco]] took over the presidency, thus exercising the first all-PLRA government in Paraguay. The PLRA has remained in opposition since 2013. As one of Paraguay’s two traditional parties, the PLRA is notable for its lack of a clear political program, which is a reflection of its division into personalist factions, dominated by networks of national and local caudillos.{{sfn|Nickson|2015|pp=461}}
At the [[2003 Paraguayan general election|2003 legislative elections]], the party won 25.7% of the popular vote and 21 out of 80 seats in the [[Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay|Chamber of Deputies]] and 24.3%, leading to 12 out of 45 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential elections of the same day, [[Julio César Franco]], won 24.0% of the popular vote.

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In the [[2008 Paraguayan general election|presidential elections of 2008]], the party achieved victory over the Colorado Party for the first time in 61 years through a [[Patriotic Alliance for Change|political alliance]] headed by leftist [[Fernando Lugo]] and composed by other left-wing political parties. At the 2008 legislative elections, the party won 26 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 14 seats in the Senate. They are approximately tied with the Colorados in the number of seats won in the House of Deputies and the Senate.

Following the June 2012 [[Impeachment of Fernando Lugo]] the governing alliance fell apart, and Vice-President [[Federico Franco]] took over the presidency, thus exercising the first all-PLRA government in Paraguay.


== Electoral history ==
== Electoral history ==


=== Presidential elections ===
=== Presidential elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!'''Election'''
!'''Election'''
!Party candidate
!Party candidate
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|-
|-
|[[1989 Paraguayan general election|1989]]
|[[1989 Paraguayan general election|1989]]
|[[Domingo Laíno]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Domingo Laíno]]
|241,829
|241,829
|20.98%
|20.98%
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|-
|-
|[[1993 Paraguayan general election|1993]]
|[[1993 Paraguayan general election|1993]]
|[[Domingo Laíno]]
|357,164
|357,164
|33.20%
|33.20%
|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}
|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}
|-
|-
|[[1998 Paraguayan general election|1998]]
|[[1998 Paraguayan general election|1998]]{{ref label|reference_name_A|a|a}}
|[[Domingo Laíno]]
|703,379
|703,379
|43.88%
|43.88%
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|-
|-
|[[2003 Paraguayan general election|2003]]
|[[2003 Paraguayan general election|2003]]
|[[Julio César Franco]]
|[[Julio César Franco (politician)|Julio César Franco]]
|370,348
|370,348
|24.7%
|24.7%
|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}
|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}
|-
|-
|[[2008 Paraguayan general election|2008]]
|[[2008 Paraguayan general election|2008]]{{ref label|reference_name_B|b|b}}
|None {{Small|(endorsed [[Fernando Lugo]])}}
|''Supported [[Fernando Lugo]] ([[Christian Democratic Party (Paraguay)|PDC]])''
|766,502
|''766,502''
|42.40%
|''42.40%''
|'''Elected''' {{Y}}
|'''Elected''' {{Y}}
|-
|-
|[[2013 Paraguayan general election|2013]]
|[[2013 Paraguayan general election|2013]]{{ref label|reference_name_C|c|c}}
|[[Efraín Alegre]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Efraín Alegre]]
|889,451
|889,451
|39.05%
|39.05%
|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}
|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}
|-
|-
|[[2018 Paraguayan general election|2018]]
|[[2018 Paraguayan general election|2018]]{{ref label|reference_name_D|d|d}}
|[[Efraín Alegre]]
|1,110,464
|1,110,464
|45.08%
|45.08%
|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}
|-
|[[2023 Paraguayan general election|2023]]{{ref label|reference_name_E|e|e}}
|830,842
|28.25%
|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}
|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}
|}
|}
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|-
|-
|[[2000 Paraguayan vice presidential election|2000]]
|[[2000 Paraguayan vice presidential election|2000]]
|[[Julio César Franco]]
|[[Julio César Franco (politician)|Julio César Franco]]
|597,431
|597,431
|49.6%
|49.6%
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=== Chamber of Deputies elections ===
=== Chamber of Deputies elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
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|+[[Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay|Chamber of Deputies]]
!'''Election'''
!'''Election'''
!'''Votes'''
!'''Votes'''
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|229,329
|229,329
|20.2%
|20.2%
|{{Composition bar|21|72|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|21|72|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 21
|{{increase}} 21
|-
|-
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|414,208
|414,208
|36.8%
|36.8%
|{{Composition bar|33|80|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|33|80|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 12
|{{increase}} 12
|-
|-
|[[1998 Paraguayan general election|1998]]
|[[1998 Paraguayan general election|1998]]{{ref label|reference_name_A|a|a}}
|681,917
|681,917

({{Small|as part of Democratic Alliance}})
|42.8%
|42.8%
|{{Composition bar|35|80|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|35|80|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 7
|{{decrease}} 7
|-
|-
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|379,066
|379,066
|25.7%
|25.7%
|{{Composition bar|21|80|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|21|80|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 14
|{{decrease}} 14
|-
|-
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|500,040
|500,040
|28.27%
|28.27%
|{{Composition bar|27|80|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|27|80|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 6
|{{increase}} 6
|-
|-
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|656,301
|656,301
|29.25%
|29.25%
|{{Composition bar|27|80|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|27|80|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|{{steady}}
|-
|-
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|420,821
|420,821
|17.74%
|17.74%
|{{Composition bar|17|80|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|17|80|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 10
|{{decrease}} 10
|-
|[[2023 Paraguayan general election|2023]]{{efn|Run as part of the [[Concertación (Paraguay)|National Coalition for a New Parguay]].}}
|779,282
|27.46%
|{{Composition bar|23|80|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 6
|}
|}
{{Notelist}}


=== Senate elections ===
=== Senate elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+[[Senate of Paraguay|Senate]]
!'''Election'''
!'''Election'''
!'''Votes'''
!'''Votes'''
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|409,728
|409,728
|36.2%
|36.2%
|{{Composition bar|17|45|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|17|45|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 17
|{{increase}} 17
|-
|-
|[[1998 Paraguayan general election|1998]]
|[[1998 Paraguayan general election|1998]]{{ref label|reference_name_A|a|a}}
|661,764
|661,764

({{Small|as part of Democratic Alliance}})
|42.1%
|42.1%
|{{Composition bar|20|45|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|20|45|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 5
|{{decrease}} 5
|-
|-
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|374,854
|374,854
|25.4%
|25.4%
|{{Composition bar|12|45|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|12|45|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 8
|{{decrease}} 8
|-
|-
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|507,413
|507,413
|28.92%
|28.92%
|{{Composition bar|14|45|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|14|45|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
|{{increase}} 2
|-
|-
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|588,054
|588,054
|26.17%
|26.17%
|{{Composition bar|13|45|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|13|45|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|{{decrease}} 1
|-
|-
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|570,205
|570,205
|24.18%
|24.18%
|{{Composition bar|13|45|hex={{Authentic Radical Liberal Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|13|45|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{steady}}
|{{steady}}
|-
|[[2023 Paraguayan general election|2023]]
|701,547
|24.35%
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|{{Composition bar|12|45|hex={{party color|Authentic Radical Liberal Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|}
|}


==== Notes ====
==== Notes ====
The Democratic Alliance was an alliance of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party and the [[National Encounter Party]]
{{note label|reference_name_A|a|a}}PLRA contested the 1998 elections as a member of the ''Democratic Alliance'' electoral coalition along with the [[National Encounter Party]].

{{note label|reference_name_B|b|b}}PLRA contested the 2008 elections as a member of the ''[[Patriotic Alliance for Change]]'' electoral coalition along with the [[Revolutionary Febrerista Party|Febrerista Revolutionary Party]], the National Encounter Party, the [[Party for a Country of Solidarity]], the [[Christian Democratic Party (Paraguay)|Christian Democratic Party]], and the [[Progressive Democratic Party (Paraguay)|Progressive Democratic Party]], among others.

{{note label|reference_name_C|c|c}}PLRA contested the 2013 elections as a member of the ''Paraguay Alegre'' electoral coalition along with the Progressive Democratic Party and the National Encounter Party, among others.

{{note label|reference_name_D|d|d}}PLRA contested the 2018 elections as a member of the ''[[Great Renewed National Alliance]]'' electoral coalition along with the [[Revolutionary Febrerista Party]], the Progressive Democratic Party, and the [[Guasú Front]], among others.

{{note label|reference_name_E|e|e}}PLRA contested the 2023 elections as a member of the ''[[Concertación (Paraguay)|Concertación]]'' electoral coalition along with the Guasú Front, the [[Beloved Fatherland Party]], the National Encounter Party, the [[Hagamos Political Party|Hagamos Party]], the Progressive Democratic Party, the Revolutionary Febrerista Party, and the Christian Democratic Party, among others.


== References ==
== References ==
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* [[Liberal democracy]]
* [[Liberalism and radicalism in Paraguay]]
* [[Liberalism and radicalism in Paraguay]]
* [[List of political parties in Paraguay|List of polítical parties in Paraguay]]


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Authentic Radical Liberal Party
Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico
PresidentHugo Fleitas[1]
Founded10 July 1887
Split fromLiberal Party
Radical Liberal Party
HeadquartersIturbe 936 c/ Manuel Domínguez, Asunción
Membership (2022)1,548,023[2]
IdeologyLiberalism[3]
Progressivism[4]
Political positionCentre[5][6][7] to centre-left[8]
National affiliationConcertación
International affiliationLiberal International[9]
Chamber of Deputies
22 / 80
Senate
7 / 45
Governors
2 / 17
Party flag
Website
www.plra.org.py
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The Authentic Radical Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico or PLRA) is a liberal and radical political party in Paraguay. The party is a full member of Liberal International. The liberales, as they are known, are the leading opposition to the dominant conservative Colorado Party. They have taken this position since the end of the Alfredo Stroessner dictatorship in 1989. They are the political successors of the Liberal Party, which traces its history back to 10 July 1887.

The party was formed by Domingo Laíno, Carmen Casco de Lara Castro, Carlos Alberto González, Miguel Ángel Martínez Yaryes, and others in 1978, in opposition to the Constitutional Amendment of 1977 which imposed no term limits to the re-election of the Paraguayan president.[10] The PLRA remained officially unrecognized from its foundation in 1978 until the overthrow of Alfredo Stroessner. During this time, PLRA activists suffered continual harassment.[11]

In the presidential elections of 2008, the party achieved victory over the Colorado Party for the first time in 61 years through a political alliance headed by leftist Fernando Lugo and composed by other left-wing political parties. At the 2008 legislative elections, the party won 26 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 14 seats in the Senate. They were approximately tied with the Colorados in the number of seats won in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

Following the June 2012 impeachment of Fernando Lugo, which the PLRA spearheaded,[12] the governing alliance fell apart, and Vice-President Federico Franco took over the presidency, thus exercising the first all-PLRA government in Paraguay. The PLRA has remained in opposition since 2013. As one of Paraguay’s two traditional parties, the PLRA is notable for its lack of a clear political program, which is a reflection of its division into personalist factions, dominated by networks of national and local caudillos.[12]

Electoral history

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Presidential elections

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Election Party candidate Votes % Result
1989 Domingo Laíno 241,829 20.98% Lost Red XN
1993 357,164 33.20% Lost Red XN
1998[a] 703,379 43.88% Lost Red XN
2003 Julio César Franco 370,348 24.7% Lost Red XN
2008[b] Supported Fernando Lugo (PDC) 766,502 42.40% Elected Green tickY
2013[c] Efraín Alegre 889,451 39.05% Lost Red XN
2018[d] 1,110,464 45.08% Lost Red XN
2023[e] 830,842 28.25% Lost Red XN

Vice presidential election

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Election Party candidate Votes % Result
2000 Julio César Franco 597,431 49.6% Elected Green tickY

Chamber of Deputies elections

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Election Votes % Seats +/–
1989 229,329 20.2%
21 / 72
 Increase 21
1993 414,208 36.8%
33 / 80
 Increase 12
1998[a] 681,917 42.8%
35 / 80
 Decrease 7
2003 379,066 25.7%
21 / 80
 Decrease 14
2008 500,040 28.27%
27 / 80
 Increase 6
2013 656,301 29.25%
27 / 80
 Steady
2018 420,821 17.74%
17 / 80
 Decrease 10
2023[a] 779,282 27.46%
23 / 80
 Increase 6
  1. ^ Run as part of the National Coalition for a New Parguay.

Senate elections

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Election Votes % Seats +/–
1993 409,728 36.2%
17 / 45
 Increase 17
1998[a] 661,764 42.1%
20 / 45
 Decrease 5
2003 374,854 25.4%
12 / 45
 Decrease 8
2008 507,413 28.92%
14 / 45
 Increase 2
2013 588,054 26.17%
13 / 45
 Decrease 1
2018 570,205 24.18%
13 / 45
 Steady
2023 701,547 24.35%
12 / 45
 Decrease 1

Notes

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a PLRA contested the 1998 elections as a member of the Democratic Alliance electoral coalition along with the National Encounter Party.

b PLRA contested the 2008 elections as a member of the Patriotic Alliance for Change electoral coalition along with the Febrerista Revolutionary Party, the National Encounter Party, the Party for a Country of Solidarity, the Christian Democratic Party, and the Progressive Democratic Party, among others.

c PLRA contested the 2013 elections as a member of the Paraguay Alegre electoral coalition along with the Progressive Democratic Party and the National Encounter Party, among others.

d PLRA contested the 2018 elections as a member of the Great Renewed National Alliance electoral coalition along with the Revolutionary Febrerista Party, the Progressive Democratic Party, and the Guasú Front, among others.

e PLRA contested the 2023 elections as a member of the Concertación electoral coalition along with the Guasú Front, the Beloved Fatherland Party, the National Encounter Party, the Hagamos Party, the Progressive Democratic Party, the Revolutionary Febrerista Party, and the Christian Democratic Party, among others.

References

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  5. ^ O'Connor, Tom (6 April 2023). "This election may give China a new Latin America friend at Taiwan's expense". Newsweek. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  6. ^ Kessler, Jacob. "Taiwan in the hot seat during Paraguay presidential elections". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  7. ^ Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Paraguay: Information on the Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico (PLRA), 1985-1991, 1 February 1992, PRY10271, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abee2c.html [accessed 11 January 2024]
  8. ^ "SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online". Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  9. ^ "List of full members". Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2016., Liberal International, www.liberal-international.org.
  10. ^ Silva, Tamy Amorim da (2016). Memórias sobre uma Dama Valente: Carmen de Lara Castro e a Ditadura Stronista (1967–1989) [Memories of a valiant woman: Carmen de Lara Castro and the Stronista Dictatorship (1967-1989)] (PDF) (master's degree) (in Portuguese). Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. p. 169. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  11. ^ Nickson, Andrew (2015). Historical Dictionary of Paraguay. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 461.
  12. ^ a b Nickson 2015, pp. 461.

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