The Independent Socialist Party (1944) (

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: ''Partido Socialista Independiente'', PSI) was founded in 1944 by

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, Fernando Campero Álvarez and Augusto Guzmán, former leaders of the United Socialist Party. With the coup d'état of 1943 and the coming to power of Major Gualberto Villarroel López, the United Socialist Party split, with a dissident group forming the Independent Socialist Party, which for some time cooperated with the Villarroel regime and with Congressional majority bloc. With the overthrow of Villarroel, on 10 November, 1946, the Independent Socialist Party joined with the

Genuine Republican Party The Genuine Republican Party ( es, Partido Republicano Genuino, PRG) was founded in Bolivia in 1921 by José María Escalier and Daniel Domingo Salamanca Urey following a split in the Republican Party. Genuine Republican Party was formed by a ...

, the United Socialist Party and the

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to create the

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. Political handbook of the world 1950. New York, 1950. P. 16.

Notes

{{Reflist Defunct political parties in Bolivia Political parties established in 1944 Socialist parties in Bolivia