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National Revolutionary Movement
political party, Bolivia
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Bolivian history and politics
- In Bolivia: The rise of new political groups and the Bolivian National Revolution
…the middle-class and initially fascist-oriented Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario; MNR) and the Marxist and largely pro-Soviet Party of the Revolutionary Left (Partido de la Izquierda Revolucionaria; PIR). Both groups established important factions in the national congress of 1940–44. In 1943 the civilian president General Enrique Peñaranda was overthrown…
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Paz Estenssoro’s role
- In Víctor Paz Estenssoro
…the left-wing Bolivian political party National Revolutionary Movement (MNR). He served three times as president of Bolivia (1952–56, 1960–64, 1985–89).
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