Workers' Vanguard (political party)

The Workers' Vanguard (Spanish: Vanguardia Obrera; VO) was a small Trotskyist political party in Bolivia.

The Workers' Vanguard was established by a dissident fraction which broke away from the Communist Vanguard of the Revolutionary Workers' Party in 1978.^[1] It was led by Filemón Escóbar Escóbar and Ricardo Catoira Marín.^[2]

The VO took part in elections in 1979 and presented as its presidential candidate Ricardo Catoira Marín and Filemón Escobar as vice-presidential candidate.^[3]

In 1980 the VO took part in an electoral coalition Democratic and Popular Union backing Hernán Siles Zuazo.^[4]

In 1984, the Workers' Vanguard Party merged with the Revolutionary Workers' Party-Struggle to form the new Revolutionary Workers' Party-Unified.^[5]

Notes

^ Charles Hobday. Communist and Marxist parties of the world. Longman, 1986. p. 351.
^ Political handbook of the world 1981. New York, 1981. p. 90.
^ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. p. 150.
^ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. p. 152.
^ Political parties of the world. Longman, 1988. p. 71.

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[1] Charles Hobday. Communist and Marxist parties of the world. Longman, 1986. p. 351.

[2] Political handbook of the world 1981. New York, 1981. p. 90.

[3] Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. p. 150.

[4] Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. p. 152.

[5] Political parties of the world. Longman, 1988. p. 71.

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v t e Political parties and alliances in Bolivia
Legislative caucuses	Movement for Socialism Civic Community Creemos
National parties	Bolivian National Action Christian Democratic Front for Victory Movement for Socialism Nationalist Democratic Action National Unity Front Revolutionary Left Front Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Social Democratic Movement Solidarity Civic Unity Third System Movement
Defunct major parties	Constitutional Conservative Liberal Republican Genuine Republican Nationalist United Socialist Republican Socialist Unity Authentic Revolutionary Popular Christian Movement Left-wing Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Revolutionary Left Movement Conscience of Fatherland New Republican Force
Defunct major alliances	Socialist Single Front Concordance Front of the Bolivian Revolution Democratic and Popular Union National Civic Union Revolutionary Nationalist Left Revolutionary Nationalist Movement–Alliance Patriotic Accord Social Democratic Power National Convergence Democratic Unity