Popular Revolutionary Alternative

Political coalition in Venezuela

Popular Revolutionary Alternative

Alternativa Popular Revolucionaria

Abbreviation| APR
Founded| 11 August 2020 (2020-08-11)
Ideology| Anti-imperialism
Bolivarianism
Chavismo
Trotskyism[1]
Revolutionary socialism
Political position| Far-left
Coalition|

Parties list

* PCV
* PPT (section)
* Tupamaro (section)
* Lucha de Clases
* United Left [es]
* MBR-200
* PRT
* SL
* COMPA
* RAC

Colours|  Red
Blue
National Assembly|

1 / 277

Deputies to the State Legislative Councils|

18 / 251

Governors|

0 / 23

Mayors|

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The Popular Revolutionary Alternative (Spanish: Alternativa Popular Revolucionaria, APR) is a Venezuelan Chavista political coalition made up of socialist and leftist parties critical of the administration of Nicolás Maduro.

The coalition was created in the leadup to the 2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election to bring together the political forces that support the Bolivarian Revolution, as begun by Hugo Chávez, and who also seek to demarcate themselves from governmental policy.[2]

## History

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### Background

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The emergence of the Popular Revolutionary Alternative as a coalition coincided with a series of interventions by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice towards some of the left-wing parties in the Great Patriotic Pole, such as Tupamaro and Patria Para Todos.[3][4][5] The Communist Party of Venezuela also denounced surveillance by the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service on their headquarters in Puerto Cabello.[6]

The parties that have formed the APR claim that the difficulties the Venezuelan economy is going through are due to the structural crisis of capitalism, intensified by the "economic asphyxiation of US imperialism."[7] The coalition denounces high costs of living, low salaries, and the rampant speculation & corruption in Venezuela currently, as well as opposing the adoption of unpopular measures by the "social-democratic" government that leads the PSUV. The APR stands for a "revolutionary way out" of the crisis in the country.[7][8]

### 2020 parliamentary elections

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Within the framework of the 2020 elections to the National Assembly, the Popular Revolutionary Alternative will be using the electoral ticket of the Communist Party of Venezuela, the only ticket which the government has authorized to run legally.[9]

During the campaign, various candidates and leaders of the APR have been subject to arrests and death threats.[10]

## Coalition parties

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Political Party  | Acronym (Spanish)  | Founded in  | Political tendency

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Communist Party of Venezuela[needs update?] | PCV | 1931 | Communism, Marxism–Leninism
Fatherland for All (section) | PPT | 1997 | Libertarian socialism
Revolutionary Movement Tupamaro (section) | MRT | 1998 | Communism, Marxism–Leninism, Guevarism
Revolutionary Party of Labour | PRT | 2012 | Communism, Marxism–Leninism
Lucha de Clases (RevolutionaryCommunists International) | LdC | 2010 | Communism Trotskyism
Somos Lina Movement | SL | 2018 | Anti-imperialism
Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200 | MBR-200 | 1982 | Left-wing nationalism
United Left [es] | IU | 2002 | Socialism
Compromiso País | COMPA |  | Anti-oligarchy
Red Autónoma de Comuneros | RAC | 2009 | Communalism

## See also

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* Communist Party of Venezuela
* Bolivarian Revolution
* Great Patriotic Pole

## References

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1. ^ "Lucha de Clases".
2. ^ "PCV asegura que hay deslinde electoral con el Psuv, pero no ruptura". Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
3. ^ "Movimiento Tupamaro rechazó intervención del TSJ". Runrun (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
4. ^ Martínez, Deisy (21 August 2020). "TSJ ordena la intervención de la directiva de Patria Para Todos". Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 October 2020.
5. ^ Martin, Jorge (22 August 2020). "Venezuela Supreme Court back coup inside Patria Para Todos party". In Defence of Marxism. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
6. ^ "PCV denuncia presencia del SEBIN en su sede de Puerto Cabello". Runrun (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
7. ^ a b "Nace la Alternativa Popular Revolucionaria: ¡reconstruyamos la esperanza!". Lucha de Clases (in Spanish). 6 August 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
8. ^ "Entre las calumnias de Jorge Rodríguez a Óscar Figuera y las "contradicciones" del PCV y la APR". La Izquierda Diario - Red internacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-18.
9. ^ Arias, Ángel (27 September 2020). "Sobre la APR y los ataques del Gobierno/PSUV: se necesita un balance histórico y lecciones estratégicas". Ideas de Izquierda (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2020.
10. ^ "Candidata de la APR en Mérida amenazada de muerte". La Izquierda Diario (in Spanish). 2 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

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* Fatherland for All 8
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* We Are Venezuela Movement 5
* PODEMOS 4
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* Venezuelan Popular Unity 2

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