National Action Movement (Venezuela)

The National Action Movement (Spanish: Movimiento de Acción Nacional or MAN) is a defunct Venezuelan political party.

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National Action Movement
Movimiento de Acción Nacional
AbbreviationMAN
FounderGermán Borregales
Founded15 May 1960 (1960-05-15)
Dissolved1973 (1973)
HeadquartersCaracas
IdeologyNationalism
Anticommunism
Third Position
Catholicism
Political positionFar-right

History

The MAN was established by the right-wing journalist Germán Borregales in 1960.[1] It was very much a personal party of Borregales, reflecting his beliefs and having little existence outside of its leader.[2] Both the party and its leader have been characterised as far right.[3]

The party contested the 1963 general election but did not elect any candidates.[4] In 1968 the group contested both the general and Presidential elections, with Borregales their candidate for the Presidency. Although he came bottom of the poll with 0.3% of the vote the party did manage to have a member elected to the Chamber of the National Assembly.[4] This seat was occupied by Borregales himself.[1] They contested both elections again in 1973 and, whilst Borregales's vote share fell to 0.2%, he finished ahead of three other candidates. However the National Assembly seat was lost.[4] During each presidential campaign Borregales campaigned only sporadically and focused most of his attention on the Assembly seat.[5] The party contested no further elections.

References
  1. Charles D. Ameringer, Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992, p. 623
  2. Kevin J. Middlebrook, Conservative Parties, the Right, and Democracy in Latin America, JHU Press, 2000, pp. 115-116
  3. Robert Jackson Alexander, Latin American political parties, Praeger, 1973, p. 210
  4. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, pp. 555-556, 580 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  5. Robert Jackson Alexander, Rómulo Betancourt and the Transformation of Venezuela, Transaction Publishers, p. 574


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