Conservative Party (Nicaragua): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Politicalpolitical Partyparty

| country = Nicaragua

| name = Conservative Party

| native_name = Partido Conservador

| colorcode = green

| logo = Conservative Party (Nicaragua) logo.png

| leader = [[Alfredo César Aguirre]]

| foundation = {{start date|1851|10|27|df=y}}

The '''Conservative Party''' ({{Langlang-es|Partido Conservador}}) iswas<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cse.gob.ni/sites/default/files/documentos/cancelacion_pc.pdf|title=Cancelación PC|author=Luis Alfonso Luna Raudez|website=CSE Nicaragua}}</ref> a [[Conservatism|conservative]] [[political party]] in [[Nicaragua]]. Its slogan iswas “Dios"Dios, Orden, Justicia”Justicia" ({{literal translation|God, Order, Justice}}), often depicted on the three sides of a [[triangle]].

The party iswas theone oldestof currentlythe existingoldest in Nicaragua. It was founded during the 19th century, as Nicaragua established itself as an independent republic, by members of the elite of [[Granada, Nicaragua|Granada]]. As in many Latin American countries, a major political conflict took place between conservatives and liberals. During the 1840s and 1850s a nearly constant civil war took place between conservatives and liberals in Nicaragua. In 1857 the conservatives won, and dominated the country for 35 years.

In 1893 the conservative party split, and the liberals took advantage of this to make a successful rebellion. The conservative party returned to power in 1910, following the intervention of American troops. It remained in power until another liberal rebellion in 1926, and a coalition government was established.

Factions of the conservativeConservative partyParty, along with factions of the liberalLiberal partyParty, helped [[Anastasio Somoza Garcia]] to gain power. Somoza established his own party, the Nationalist Liberal Party, and though the Somoza regime was overthrown in 1979, the conservative party has never recovered the amount of power that it had during previous times. Many conservatives, however, vigorously opposed the Somoza regime, and for the 1967 elections formed a [[National Opposition Union (1966)|1966 National Opposition Union]] with other parties opposed to the Somoza regime. In the first elections after the Revolution, in 1984, the Conservatives finished runner-up behind the FSLN. In 1990 the Conservative Party joined the new [[National Opposition Union]] to successfully oppose the [[Sandinista National Liberation Front]] in elections. Following the rapid collapse of that party, the conservatives became the third largest political force in the country, but much smaller than the Sandinistas or the [[Constitutional Liberal Party]].

The conservativesConservative Party also supported and participated with the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance in the congressional elections, in which the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance came in third place but won nearly as many seats as the Constitutional Liberal Party.

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