Advance Country

Advance Country – Social Integration Party (Spanish: Avanza País – Partido de Integración Social) is a Peruvian political party. Founded in the northern city of Santiago de Chuco, La Libertad in 2000, the party nominated Ulises Humala, brother of future President Ollanta Humala, for the presidency in the 2006 general election, in the election, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote but no seats in the Congress of the Republic. The presidential ticket itself attained 0.2%, placing fourteenth nationally and subsequently lost its registration.[13]

Advance Country – Social Integration Party
Avanza País – Partido de Integración Social
AbbreviationAvP
PresidentAldo Borrero
FoundedApril 10, 2000
May 10, 2017 (re-foundation)
HeadquartersLima
Ideology
Political position
Congress
9 / 130
Governorships
1 / 25
Regional Councillors
17 / 274
Province Mayorships
10 / 196
District Mayorships
70 / 1,874
Website
http://avanzapais.org.pe/
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Executive
Legislature
Congress of the Republic
President
José Williams
Judiciary

Supreme Court of the Republic
President Elvia Barrios
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In 2020, almost 15 years since its last participation in a general election, economist Hernando de Soto registered in the party in order to run for the presidency at the 2021 general election.[14] He placed fourth in the election.[15][16]

History
The party's logo in 2006

In early 2005, the party registered in the National Elections Jury and participated in the 2006 general election, launching Ulises Humala as its presidential nominee.[5] At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote but no seats in the Congress of the Republic. The presidential ticket itself attained 0.2%, placing fourteenth nationally.[13]

After losing its formal registration as a political organization, the party began a re-founding stage on May 10, 2017, culminating in a new registration on the same year.[17]

In the legislative election held on 26 January 2020, the party won 2.5% of the popular vote but no seats in the Congress of the Republic, as it failed to pass once again the 5% electoral threshold.[18] In the legislative election held on 11 April 2021, the party won 7.5% of the popular vote and 7 seats in the Congress of the Republic.

In December 2021, Hernando de Soto left the party following a dispute for its control between Aldo Borrero Rojas, the leader of the party, and Edwin de la Cruz Ponce, the general secretary, who was previously removed but continued to denounce his removal.[19][20] Following his departure, De Soto described the party as being far-right after members of Advance Country supported amnesty for authorities following massacres in Ayacucho and Juliaca during the widespread protests against President Dina Boluarte.[21]

Ideology

Advance Country described itself as a centrist party in support of social democracy and social conservatism upon its founding,[4] while Infobae described it as ultranationalist in 2006.[5] More recently, the party has been described as a supporter of far-right politics,[10] though some media in Peru describe the party as center-right.[11] Its members in the Congress of Peru have been described as being part of a "far-right" bloc allied with Popular Force and Popular Renewal.[10]

Representatives of the party signed the Madrid Charter, an anti-leftist manifesto organized by the conservative Spanish party Vox.[22][23][24] Economically, the party embraces classical liberalism and economic liberalism, generally supporting free markets.

The party does not have an official stance on social issues as it once did, as can be evidenced by the fact that the respective leading figures for de Soto's presidential campaign, Instituto Político para la Libertad Peru (IPL) vice president, Beltrán Gomez Hijar, and IPL member and congressman Alejandro Cavero, have supported pro-LGBT and pro-choice causes, whereas congresswoman Adriana Tudela, daughter of former Vice President Francisco Tudela, is opposed to abortion.[25][26]

Under de Soto's leadership, the party is described by analysts and pundits as right-leaning on the political spectrum.[27] According to Georgetown University political scientist Eliana Carlín, de Soto was the one who chose the party for his election run, and the party welcomed him due to his international prominence in the economic academia. In Carlin's opinion, the party is an "electoral vehicle" that reached an agreement with de Soto and that "they are not interested in ideology".[28]

Controversies

Avanza País, in a journalistic column of RPP, was accused of surrogacy due to the incorporation of members who had no relationship with the party months prior.[29] Despite this, party president Pedro Cenas rejected the notion of his party functioning as a surrogate and stated that "politics is not a commodity, but an act of faith and integration".[30]

Election results

Presidential election
Year Candidate Party Votes Percentage Outcome
2006 Ulises Humala Advance Country – Social Integration Party 24,518
0.20
 14th
2021 Hernando de Soto Advance Country – Social Integration Party 1,674,201
11.63
 4th

Elections to the Congress of the Republic
Year Votes % Seats Increase/Decrease Position
2006 122,653 1.1%
0 / 120
 Steady Extra-parliamentary
2020 373,113 2.5%
0 / 130
 Steady Extra-parliamentary
2021 969,059 7.5%
7 / 130
 Increase 7 Minority

Regional and municipal elections
Year Regional governors Provincial mayors District mayors
Outcome Outcome Outcome
2018
0 / 25
4 / 196
18 / 1,874

References
  1. Schulze, Ingrid (December 1, 2022). "Avanza País lehnt das vom peruanischen Premierminister vorgeschlagene Treffen zum «Brückenbau» ab". MSN. Archived from the original on 21 January 2023.
  2. "Graphic: Peru's Young Politicians". Americas Quarterly. October 25, 2022.
  3. "Economista Hernando de Soto desafía el consenso socialista sobre la desigualdad Thomas Piketty Economia". Gestión (in Spanish). 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  4. "En Exclusiva: Hernando de Soto confirma su postulación con Avanza País y aquí te mostramos el nuevo símbolo del partido". cosas.pe. 24 September 2020.
  5. "Los hermanos Humala, en carrera por el poder en Perú". Infobae (in European Spanish). 28 February 2006. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  6. "Centroderecha en busca de consenso y novedad electoral". El Universo. January 3, 2006.
  7. "Quo vadis, Peru?". Ö1. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  8. Stemmler, Quincy (14 December 2022). "Zahl der Toten steigt: Anhaltende Proteste in Peru". Amerika21 (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2023. "Extremisten verkleidet als Demonstranten nutzen die Proteste, um subversive und vandalische Aktionen durchzuführen", kommentiert Patricia Chirinos von der rechtsliberalen Partei Avanza Pais.
  9.  • Stemmler, Quincy (11 August 2022). "Peru: Präsidentin Boluarte sucht Unterstützung bei Rechtsparteien". Amerika21 (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2023. Neben Fujimori traf sich Boluarte vergangene Woche auch mit Mitgliedern der Mitte-Rechts-Parteien Somos Perú und Alianza Para el Progreso sowie der Rechtspartei Avanza País.
    • Teruggi, Marco (12 January 2023). "Die Krise eskaliert". Nachrichtenpool Lateinamerika (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2023. Die rechten Parteien im Kongress wie Fuerza Popular, APP, Avanza País und Renovación Popular sicherten der Regierung eine Mehrheit [...]
    • Baumgart, Andreas (27 December 2023). "Davongekommen!". Infostelle Peru e.V. (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2023. Deshalb kam eine am 18. November erfolgte Initiative zum Sturz des Präsidenten seitens der Abgeordneten Patricia Chirinos von der rechten Partei Avanza Pais doch überraschend.
  10.  • "Peru's Castillo will struggle to stay in office". Oxford Analytica. Emerald Expert Briefings. oxan–db (oxan–db). 11 August 2022. doi:10.1108/OXAN-DB272027. The far-right parties in Congress -- Renovacion Popular (Popular Renewal) and Avanza Pais (Forward Country)
  11. Pereda, David (December 27, 2022). "Centroderecha en busca de consenso y novedad electoral". La República.
  12. "Peruanisches Parlament verhindert kurzfristige Neuwahlen". Die Zeit. February 4, 2023.
  13. "Partido que tuvo como candidatos a Ulises y Antauro Humala logra inscripción". El Comercio. 17 May 2017.
  14. "Hernando de Soto se inscribió como militante de Avanza País junto al empresario Carlos Añaños". gestion.pe. 26 September 2020.
  15. "Elecciones 2021 | Hernando de Soto presenta a Julia Príncipe y Francisco Tudela como parte de su equipo técnico". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  16. "Elecciones 2021 | Hernando de Soto confirma postulación a la Presidencia por Avanza País". Peru21 (in Spanish). 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  17. "Oficializan inscripción de partido político Avanza País". andina.pe.
  18. "11 partidos no pasarán la valla, al 99.09 % del conteo de ONPE". andina.pe.
  19. "Hernando de Soto renunció a Avanza País y se iría al partido Fe en Perú". Infobae. December 23, 2021.
  20. "Hernando de Soto renuncia al partido Avanza País". El Peruano. December 22, 2021.
  21. "Hernando De Soto sobre propuesta de Avanza País para amnistía a policías y militares: "Me parece un error"". La República (in Spanish). 2023-02-23. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  22. Moncada, Andrea (25 October 2021). "What's With All the Imperial Spanish Flags in Peru (and Elsewhere)?". Americas Quarterly. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  23. "El partido Vox y la carta de Madrid". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2021-11-14. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  24. "Vox estrecha lazos con derecha peruana y suma firmas a su pacto anticomunista". EFE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  25. Revoredo, Luciano (October 20, 2020). "Hernando de Soto: El Movadef, abortistas y promotes LGTB en su partido". laabeja.pe.
  26. "Tudela y Cavero, de Avanza País, a favor de no avanzar en derechos de las mujeres". manoalzada.pe. January 2021.
  28. Abanto, Andrea (November 22, 2020). "Politóloga sobre Hernando de Soto en Avanza País: "No creo que les interese la ideología"". larepublica.pe.
  29. Herrada, Diego Pajares (2020-12-11). "Elecciones 2021: ¿Qué son los partidos 'vientre de alquiler' y cómo influyen en la crisis electoral? | El Poder en tus Manos". RPP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  30. "Líder de Avanza País: "No nos vean como vientre de alquiler"". Nacional (in Spanish). 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
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