The Alliance for the Republic ( es, Alianza por la República - APRE) is a

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n political party founded in 2004 by dissident liberals from the

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(PLC) and the

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(PC) including

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, who was President of Nicaragua at the time (10 January 2002 to 10 January 2007). APRE won 3 major offices (out of 152) in the 2004 municipal elections. For the 2006 Autonomous elections on the Caribbean Coast APRE lost four of its allies; the

(PC), the

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(MDN) and the

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(PSC) to the

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(ALN) and the National Unity Movement (MUN) to the

Sandinista Renovation Movement The Sandinista Renovation Movement (''Movimiento Renovador Sandinista'' or MRS, in Spanish) is a Nicaraguan political party founded on 21 May 1995. It defines itself as a democratic and progressive party, made of women and men, which promotes the ...

(MRS). APRE didn't pull enough votes to win a seat in the Regional Council and shortly after the elections, the two remaining allies of APRE abandoned the alliance; the

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(CCN) went to support the

Constitutionalist Liberal Party The Constitutionalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, PLC) is a political party in Nicaragua. At the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, Nicaraguan general election of 5 November 2006, the party won 25 of 92 seats in the N ...

(PLC) in the upcoming elections and the

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(PAC) joined the

(MRS) alliance. As of 2006, APRE is part of the

(ALN).

Controversy

APRE was created and backed up by the presidential offices as the official government party, the

(PLC), declared itself in opposition to the Bolaños government in February 2003. The party enjoyed the resources of incumbency until the end of President Bolaños’s term in January 2007 and is also backed by some of the country’s most affluent capitalists. Bolaños became a member of the National Assembly after his presidency.

Sources

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