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Socialist Party of Uruguay

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Socialist Party of Uruguay
Partido Socialista del Uruguay
Secretary-GeneralGonzalo Civila
FounderEmilio Frugoni
FoundedDecember 12, 1910; 114 years ago (1910-12-12)
HeadquartersSoriano 1218, Montevideo, Uruguay
Youth wingSocialist Youth of Uruguay
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left[3] to left-wing[4]
National affiliationBroad Front
International affiliationProgressive Alliance
Colors  Green
Website
www.ps.org.uy

The Socialist Party of Uruguay (Spanish: Partido Socialista del Uruguay) is a democratic socialist political party in Uruguay. Founded in 1910, it is part of the Broad Front political coalition and the Progressive Alliance.[5]

History

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The party was founded in 1910. Its main leader and spokesman was Dr Emilio Frugoni, a prominent advocate of socialist ideas in Uruguay. Its central organ was the newspaper Germinal, later superseded by El Sol.

The party was a member of the Labour and Socialist International between 1932 and 1940.[6] In 1951 it joined the Socialist International, which it later left in 1960, and rejoined it in 1999. In 2017 the party once again withdrew from the Socialist International and joined the Progressive Alliance.[7]

In 1971, the party was one of the founding members of the Broad Front, a left-wing coalition than won the 2004 election, 2009 election and 2014 election, also electing one of its affiliates, Tabaré Vázquez, as president.

It is currently led by Gonzalo Civila.

The Broad Front supported Daniel Martinez, a member of Socialist Party of Uruguay, for the 2019 general election. Martinez arrived first at the first turn, but was defeated in the run-off by Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou of the National Party (also endorsed by Colorado Party and Open Cabildo). For the first time in 15 years, the Broad Front was defeated at the polls. The party also lost its majority and in the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate, while remaining the largest party in the General Assembly.[8]

Election results

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Presidential elections

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Due to its membership in the Broad Front, the party has endorsed the candidates of other parties on several occasions. Presidential elections in Uruguay are held using a two-round system, the results of which are displayed below.

Election Party candidate Running mate Votes % Votes % Result
First Round Second Round
1989 Liber Seregni Danilo Astori 418,403 20.35% Lost Red XN
1994 Tabaré Vázquez Rodolfo Nin Novoa 621,226 30.6% Lost Red XN
1999 861,202 40.1% 982,049 45.9% Lost Red XN
2004 1,124,761 51.7% Elected Green tickY
2009 José Mujica Danilo Astori 1,105,262 47.96% 1,197,638 54.63% Elected Green tickY
2014 Tabaré Vázquez Raúl Sendic 1,134,187 47.81% 1,226,105 53.48% Elected Green tickY
2019 Daniel Martínez Graciela Villar 949,376 40.49% 1,152,271 49.21% Lost Red XN
2024 Yamandú Orsi Carolina Cosse 1,071,826 46.12% 1,196,798 52.08% Elected Green tickY

References

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  1. ^ Tapia, Morán; Guillermina, Juana; Ramírez, Vera; Mirian, Irene (April 2010). "Incidencias de las tendencias de los partidos políticos en los países latinoamericanos para la generación de riqueza y en el crecimiento económico, periodo 1990-2007". Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil. Partido Socialista del Uruguay, Socialismo Democratico [Socialist Party of Uruguay, Democratic Socialism]
  2. ^ Bajoit, Guy. América Latina ¿un giro a la izquierda?. ISBN 978-980-251-212-6. Una tendencia intermedia, conformada por: el Movimiento de Participación Popular (procedente del Movimiento de Liberación Nacional - Tupamaro), el Partido Socialista del Uruguay (marxista, de donde procede Tabaré Vasquez), y el Partido Comunista del Uruguay.
  3. ^ Ruslan, Kostiuk (2021). "La social-democracia contemporánea en América Latina: rasgos generales y particularidades". Izquierdas. 50: 0–0. doi:10.4067/s0718-50492021000100241. ISSN 0718-5049. Una gran parte de los partidos de la centroizquierda latinoamericana participa en las actividades del Foro de São Paulo (FSP), una alianza internacional de los grupos políticos de ALC que existe desde hace más de treinta años. Entre ellos se puede nombrar al Partido Democrático Trabalhista (Brasil), Partido Socialista Brasiliero, Partido Socialista (Chile), Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberación Nacional, FFMLN (El Salvador), Partido de la Revolución Democrática (México), Partido Socialista del Uruguay. [A large part of Latin American centre-left parties participate in the activities of the São Paulo Forum (FSP), an international alliance of LAC political groups that has existed for more than thirty years. Among them are the Democratic Labour Party (Brazil), the Brazilian Socialist Party, the Socialist Party (Chile), the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, the FFMLN (El Salvador), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (Mexico), and the Socialist Party of Uruguay.]
  4. ^ USA, IBP (August 2013). Uruguay Investment and Business Guide Volume 1 Strategic and Practical Information. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-4387-6905-9. The Socialist Party of Uruguay (Partido Socialista del Uruguay--PSU), one of Uruguay's oldest left-wing parties (founded in 1910 by Emilio Frugoni), was one of its principal members.
  5. ^ "100 años del Partido Socialista". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  6. ^ Kowalski, Werner. Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 - 19. Berlin: Dt. Verl. d. Wissenschaften, 1985. p. 333
  7. ^ "PS se desafilió de la Internacional Socialista". Caras y Caretas (Uruguay) (in European Spanish). 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  8. ^ "Uruguay ushers in first conservative government in 15 years".
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