The Workers' Party ( es, Partido de los Trabajadores, PT) is a
Trotskyist
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political party
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in Paraguay.
History
The party was established on 19 March 1989. It first contested national elections in 1991, when it received 0.6% of the vote in the
Constitutional Assembly elections, finishing sixth but failing to win a seat.
Dieter Nohlen
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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p429 It again failed to win a seat in the
1993 general elections, in which its candidate for president, Eduardo Arce, finished fourth with 0.2%. The party did not contest the
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
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or
2003 elections, but had a candidate in
2008
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presidential elections. However, party candidate, Julio López finished last with just 0.1% of the vote.
References
{{Paraguayan political parties
Communist parties in Paraguay
Political parties established in 1989
Political parties in Paraguay
Trotskyist organizations in South America