The Fearless People's Alliance (''Alianza Bravo Pueblo'') is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

. At the

2000 Venezuelan parliamentary election General elections were held in Venezuela on 30 July 2000, the first under the country's newly adopted 1999 constitution. Incumbent President Hugo Chávez ran for election for a full six-year term under the new constitution. He was challenged b ...

the party won one out of 165 seats in the

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History

The party's president Antonio Ledezma was an opponent and outspoken critic of the late former President

Hugo Chávez Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; ; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician, Bolivarian Revolution, revolutionary, and Officer (armed forces), military officer who served as the 52nd president of Venezuela from 1999 until De ...

. While his electoral support is not significant, his flamboyant approach has enabled him to maintain a high profile. Ledezma is the former Governor of the Federal District covering Caracas and a former member of Democratic Action, a large social democratic party opposed to Chávez and his successor Maduro. He made allegations of embezzlement against the Chávez administration and has also alleged that the government is engaging in forced indoctrination of children. In 2004, he claimed he had been detained in Tazón, near Caracas by

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in what his supporters described as an effort by the Chavez forces to intimidate him from political activity in the Fearless People's Alliance. The party's name is a reference to Venezuela's national anthem, '' Gloria al Bravo Pueblo'' ("Glory to the Brave/Fearless People").

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