Nationalist Democratic Action: Difference between revisions

{{Expand Spanish|topic=gov|Acción Democrática Nacionalista|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox Politicalpolitical party

| colorcode = {{party color|Nationalist Democratic Action/meta/color}}

| name = Nationalist Democratic Action

| native_name = Acción Democrática Nacionalista

| logo = Accion Democratica Nacionalista.png

| logo_size = 100px

| leader1_name = [[OscarÓscar Daza Márquez]]

| leader2_name = [[Hugo Banzer]]

| foundation = {{start date|1979|3|23|df=y}}

| headquarters = [[La Paz]]

| ideology = [[Conservatism]]<br>[[National conservatism]]<br>[[Economic liberalismNeoliberalism]]

| position = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]<ref>{{cite webnews |url=http://elpais.com/diario/1989/04/28/internacional/609717606_850215.html |title=América Latina vota |newspaper=El País |date=28 April 1989|last1=Comas |first1=José }}</ref>

'''Nationalist Democratic Action''' ({{lang-es|Acción Democrática Nacionalista}}) is a [[right-wing]] [[political party]] in [[Bolivia]] led by [[OscarÓscar Daza Márquez]]. ADN was founded on March 23, 1979 by the military dictator [[Hugo Banzer]] after he stepped down from power. As leader of the ADN, Banzer ran in the [[1979 Bolivian general election|1979]], [[1980 Bolivian general election|1980]], [[1985 Bolivian general election|1985]], [[1989 Bolivian general election|1989]], [[1993 Bolivian general election|1993]], and [[1997 Bolivian general election|1997]] presidential elections. He obtained third place in 1979 and 1980, and won a plurality of the 1985 vote, but, since he did not attain the 50% necessary for direct election, Congress selected the chief executive. Its choice was the second-place finisher, [[Víctor Paz Estenssoro]].

Finally, in 1997, Banzer Suárez became the constitutionally-elected President of Bolivia, at the age of 71. He was the first former dictator in [[Latin America]]'s recent history to transition successfully to democratic politics and return to power by way of the ballot box. During his tenure, he launched—under the guidelines outlined by the [[United States]]—a program to fight [[Illegal drug trade|drug-trafficking]] in Bolivia, which called for the [[coca eradication|eradication of coca]], a controversial strategy. He also had some trouble with the unions, but nonetheless did nothing to rule in a conciliatory and non-arbitrary manner. He was diagnosed with [[lung cancer]] in June 27, 2001, and even though he had earned a five-year term (he had himself agitated to legally enlarge the presidential term) Banzer resigned on August 7, 2001. He was succeeded by his Vice-President, [[Jorge Quiroga]]. Banzer's health declined rapidly thereafter, and he died on May 5, 2002.

[[Category:NeoliberalNationalist organizationsparties in Bolivia]]

[[Category:Right-wingNeoliberal parties]]

[[Category:1979Political establishmentsparties established in Bolivia1979]]