Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 7 June 1942 |
| Political orientation | Current: Liberal conservatism Historical: Social democracy Left-wing nationalism |
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Nacional Revolucionario, MNR) is a political party in Bolivia. Under Víctor Paz Estenssoro, it led a progressive nationalist revolution in the 1950s that expanded voting rights to women and illiterate people, nationalized the tin industry, redistributed land, and weakened the military.[1]
References
- ↑ Vijay Prashad (2008). The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World: 'La Paz' (pp. 135–6). [PDF] The New Press. ISBN 9781595583420 [LG]