Partido Colorado (Uruguay)

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The Partido Colorado ( German  "Red Party" ) is a party in Uruguay .

Content orientation

The Partido Colorado is considered to be more liberal , urban and anti-clerical . Within the overall party, known as the Lema , there are different programmatic positions that manifest themselves in the formation of various Sublema and individual groupings, the so-called clubs or lists.

history

The party was founded in 1836. The first decades of the party were marked by struggles against the Partido Nacional (formerly Partido Blanco , German: White Party). In 1839 a civil war broke out between the Conservatives ( Blancos ) under Manuel Oribe and the Liberals (Colorados) under José Fructuoso Rivera . The war lasted until 1851 and ended with a victory for the Colorado.

Between 1865 and 1959, the Liberals held power in Uruguay before the Partido Nacional was able to win the government for the first time in 94 years. One of the most influential liberal politicians was José Batlle y Ordóñez , founder of the so-called Batllismo , the political trend that still dominates Uruguay today (and the great-uncle of Jorge Batlle Ibáñez , who was elected president on November 28, 1999 ), president between 1903 and 1907 as well as between 1911 and 1915, which had a significant impact on the history of the country and which also laid the basis for today's politics.

Current situation

On March 8, 2012, Martha Montaner , a member of the Cámara de Representantes for the Tacuarembó department since 1995 , was elected as the party's new general secretary. This position will be filled within the party, following an annual rotation principle. With Montaner, whose election fell on International Women's Day , a woman has not only occupied this position for the first time in party history. With regard to the entire Uruguayan party system, she is the first woman in this prominent internal party function.

  • José Fructuoso Rivera

  • José Batlle y Ordóñez 1900

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America : Uruguay (1942-1973), p. 163ff , by Bernhard Thibaut
  2. ↑ Montaner asumió en el Partido Colorado - La mujer de mi vida (Spanish) on www.montevideo.com.uy of March 8, 2012, accessed on March 8, 2012