The Blue Party ( es, Partido Azul), also known as the National Liberals and nicknamed together The Tailless ( es, Los Bolos), was a historical Dominican

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from the late 19th century to the mid 20th century.

Ulises Heureaux Ulises Hilarión Heureaux Leibert (; October 21, 1845 – July 26, 1899) nicknamed Lilís, was president of the Dominican Republic from September 1, 1882 to September 1, 1884, from January 6, 1887 to February 27, 1889 and again from April 30, 18 ...

and

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were the main leaders of this party in the 20th century, and were opposed to ''

Los Coludos The Red Party ( es, Partido Rojo), also known as the Party of the Regeneration () and nicknamed together the Tailed Ones ( es, Los Coludos, links=no), was an historical Dominican Republic, Dominican political party from the late 19th century to t ...

'' () or ''Red Party'', led by

Horacio Vásquez Felipe Horacio Vásquez Lajara (October 22, 1860 – March 25, 1936) was a Dominican general and political figure. He served as the president of the Provisional Government Junta of the Dominican Republic in 1899, and again between 1902 and 1903. ...

. The name of the party came from the popularity of rooster fighting in the late 19th and early 20th century, and Bolos literally means ''Tailless''. The Blue Party was banned in 1930 after Rafael Trujillo’s coup. Founded by intellectuals, Santo Domingo liberals, merchants and large peasant proprietors, it does not technically have an ideological heir, although the Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic tends to identify with a similar type of liberalism.

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