The United Socialist Party (

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

: ''Partido Socialista Unificado'', PSU) was founded on 15 March 1936, as the result of a split in the Nationalist Party in 1936 and the adhesion of some prominent members of the Republican Socialist Party in 1937, and backed by Legion of Veterans and by the regional

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...

groups. The leaders of the party were

Enrique Baldivieso Enrique Baldivieso Aparicio (born 1902 in Tupiza, d. 1957) served as the 24th vice president of Bolivia from 1938 to 1939, during the presidency of Germán Busch Víctor Germán Busch Becerra (23 March 1903 – 23 August 1939) was a Bolivia ...

José Tamayo Solares José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

, Fernando Campero Álvarez,

Gabriel Gosálvez Gabriel Gosálvez Tejada (15 November 1899 – 12 December 1957) was a Bolivian politician, journalist, economist, and diplomat. Throughout his political career, Gosálvez held various ministerial officers and diplomatic posts as a member of the ...

, Javier Paz Campero, Vicente Mendoza López, Hugo Ernst Rivera, Alberto Saracho, Carlos Salinas Aramayo, Francisco Lazcano Soruco, Armando Arce, and

Augusto Céspedes Augusto Céspedes Patzi (6 February 1904, Cochabamba – 9 May 1997, La Paz) was a Bolivian writer, politician, diplomat, and journalist. He was the brother-in-law of writer Carlos Montenegro. Career Céspedes studied law and received his deg ...

. “''It espoused a somewhat confused corporativist philosophy, urging extensive government intervention in the economy, compulsory unionization of all workers, and the establishment of a legislature on the basis of functional, rather than geographical, representation''”. The United Socialist Party was associated with the revolutionary governments of Colonels José David Toro Ruilova and Germán Busch Becerra, between 1936 and 1939. For the 1938 elections, the United Socialist Party was the component of the pro-military

Socialist Single Front Socialist Single Front (Spanish: ''Frente Único Socialista'', FUS) was a Bolivian electoral political alliance of left-wing and socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems ...

. The United Socialist Party elected some deputies of National Congress in 1940, and during the first 2 years of Enrique Peñarand's administration they were among the government's opponents in parliament. However, in his third year in office,

Enrique Peñaranda Enrique Peñaranda del Castillo (15 November 1892 – 22 December 1969) was a Bolivian general who served as the 38th president of Bolivia from 1940 until his overthrow in 1943. He previously served as commander-in-chief of the country's armed ...

formed a so-called cabinet of concentration which the United Socialist Party joined. It was in office when the Peñaranda government was overthrown on 20 December 1943. With the coup d'état of 1943 and the coming to power of Major

Gualberto Villarroel Gualberto Villarroel López (15 December 1908 – 21 July 1946) was a Bolivian military officer who served as the 39th president of Bolivia from 1943 to 1946. A reformist, sometimes compared with Argentina's Juan Perón, he is nonetheless ...

, the United Socialist Party split, with a dissident group forming the Independent Socialist Party, which for some time cooperated with the Villarroel regime. With the overthrow of Gualberto Villarroel on 10 November 1946, both of these groups 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 ...

and the Republican Socialist Party to create the

Republican Socialist Unity Party The Republican Socialist Unity Party ( Spanish: ''Partido de la Unión Republicana Socialista'', PURS) was a political party founded on 10 November 1946 in Bolivia as the fusion of the Republican Socialist Party, the Genuine Republican Party, the ...

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

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{{reflist Defunct political parties in Bolivia Political parties established in 1936 Socialist parties in Bolivia