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Front for Victory (Bolivia)
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Front for Victory (Spanish: Frente Para la Victoria, FPV), is a minor left-wing Bolivian political party registered on February 19, 2009, in the city of La Paz.[3][4] It was founded by agricultural technician Elias Rodriguez, who continues to be its president as of 2025.[5][6]
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Ideology
FPV has been described as a nationalist party with agrarian revolution being its main objective.[1] It was also described as leftist and indigenous party.[5]
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After being registered in February 2009, the party maintained a low profile,[7] until for the first time, FPV participated in the 2019 Bolivian general elections running Elias Rodriguez as its candidate for presidency and Justiny Alfonzo Roman as candidate for vice-presidency. The party came in ninth place, obtaining 23,725 votes, 0,39% of the national vote.[8][9]
In 2020 Bolivian general elections, FPV ran Chi Hyun Chung as its candidate for presidency.[10][11] The party came in fourth place, obtaining 95,245 votes, 1.55% of national vote.[12][13]
Bolivian electoral law at that time said that all parties that failed to reach 3% vote threshold will be sanctioned by being prohibited from running for elections, the law was temporary suspended in 2019 and 2020 allowing FPV to survive.[7] A lawsuit was later filed against FPV in March 2025 by Peter Erlwein Beckhauser, asking the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to prohibit FPV from participating in the upcoming elections for their previous inability to obtain 3% of votes in 2020 Bolivian general elections. Elias Rodriguez, leader of the party, responded to the complaint and said that he "will present an appropriate defense to refute this accusation".[14][15]
On February 21, 2025, Bolivia's former president and leader of MAS-IPSP, Evo Morales, agreed to become presidential candidate of FPV for 2025 general elections that will be held on August 17, 2025.[16][17] Evo morales left MAS-IPSP after the court stripped him from his party's positions and issued an arrest warrant for human trafficking of an underaged girl.[18][19] Reportedly, Evo Morales chose FPV because all other political parties refused to accept him as their candidate or already have candidates for the upcoming election.[20] Morales signed the document of his candidacy in the city of Lauca-N located in the Cochabamba Municipality together with Elias Rodriguez.[21][22]
Despite rulings by the Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) disqualifying him from running for his new candidacy, Morales said that "with the Front for Victory, I will win the national elections again".[13] FPV said that the as a result of Evo Morales becoming its presidential candidate, a "migration" from MAS-IPSP into the party will occur.[1]
In February 2025, Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced that FPV might not be allowed to participate in the upcoming election due to "alleged irregularities" with its leadership.[23] On March 16, Elias Rodriguez claimed that an "internal struggle" is happening within FPV due to some members of the party not accepting Evo Morales as its candidate.[14]
On April 8, 2025, spokesperson of FPV, Wilmer Vásquez, threatened to "halt the general elections" if Supreme Electoral Tribunal stripped it of its legal status and prohibited it from running in response to a lawsuit against FPV that was filed by Peter Erlwein Beckhauser for failing to reach 3% of the popular vote in the 2020 general elections.[15]
On April 9, 2025, the leadership of FPV voided the contract of Evo Morales's candidacy.[24] Elias Rodriguez said that the reason behind this decision was because of disagreements between FPV's leadership and Morales on who is going to become a candidate for vice presidency.[25]
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