Paraguay: Information on the Partido Revolucionario Febrerista (PRF), 1985-1991
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 February 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PRY10269 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Paraguay: Information on the Partido Revolucionario Febrerista (PRF), 1985-1991, 1 February 1992, PRY10269, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab0548.html [accessed 4 June 2023] |
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For information on the abovementioned political party, please find attached the documents listed below. These provide general information on the party's history and major political developments. The Partido Revolucionario Febrerista is described as a Social Democratic party of the opposition founded in 1936 (Day 1988, 431), which obtained 9,140 or 1.2 percent of the votes in the 1 December 1991 Constituent Assembly elections (Southern Cone Report 26 Dec. 1991, 6). One of the attached documents states that the Juventud Revolucionaria Febrerista is a youth organization of the party affiliated with the International Union of Socialist Youth, and is reportedly directed by a national congress which elects the officers and executive committee of the organization (Angel 1990, 429).
Bibliography
Angel, William D. 1990. Youth Movements of the World. Essex: Longman Group UK Ltd.
Day, Alan, J., ed. 1988. Political Parties of the World. London/Chicago: St. James Press.
Southern Cone Report [London, U.K.]. 26 December 1991. "Electoral Setback for the Opposition."
. 4 July 1991. "Colorados Stunned by Election Results."
Attachments
Americas Watch. August 1986. Paraguay: Latin America's Oldest Dictatorship Under Pressure. New York/Washington, D.C.: Americas Watch, pp. 25-29.
Angel, William D. 1990. Youth Movements of the World. Essex: Longman Group UK Ltd., p. 429.
Day, Alan, J., ed. 1988. Political Parties of the World. London/Chicago: St. James Press, pp. 430-432.
Degenhardt, Henry W., ed. 1988. Revolutionary and Dissident Movements. Essex: Longman Group UK Ltd., pp. 286-290.
Southern Cone Report [London, U.K.]. 26 December 1991. "Electoral Setback for the Opposition."
. 4 July 1991. "Colorados Stunned by Election Results."
. 14 March 1991. "Democracy has Limits in Paraguay."
. 27 December 1990. "Church Leads Opposition in Paraguay."
. 18 October 1990. "Municipal Elections Again Postponed."
. 13 September 1990. "Rodríguez Sacks Foreign Minister."
. 19 April 1990. "Paraguayan Military Will Stay in Barracks."
. 15 March 1990. "Paraguayan Economy Alive and Well."
