Social Democratic Power

Social Democratic Power
Poder Democrático Social
President	Jorge Quiroga
Founded	2005 (2005)
Dissolved	2009 (2009)
Preceded by	Nationalist Democratic Action
Succeeded by	Social Democrat Movement
Headquarters	La Paz, Bolivia
Ideology	National conservatism Liberal conservatism Liberalism
Political position	Centre-right
International affiliation	International Democrat Union
Regional affiliation	Union of Latin American Parties
Colours	Red
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Podemos is the name of a right-of-center, pro-business Bolivian political party. It is a pseudo-acronym standing for 'Poder Democrático Social' (in English, Social Democratic Power), but the word also means "We can."

History

Podemos is in fact the continuation of the Acción Democrática Nacionalista (ADN) of former president Hugo Banzer. Upon Banzer's death in 2002, former president Jorge Quiroga (2001-2002) became leader of the ADN, but apparently concluded that the name of the party was too associated with the life and thought of the ex-dictator. Thus, he changed the name of the organization to Podemos and ran as its presidential candidate in the 2005 elections. He finished a distant second to current president Evo Morales of MAS (Movement Toward Socialism). Even though Podemos is on the surface a new party, its structures, ideology, and supporters remain basically the same as those of the old ADN.

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