Social Democratic Power

The Democratic Social Power (Spanish: Poder Democrático Social, PODEMOS) was a Bolivian political party based on pro-business goals.

Democratic Social Power Poder Democrático Social
President	Jorge Quiroga
Founded	2005
Dissolved	2009
Preceded by	Nationalist Democratic Action
Headquarters	La Paz
Ideology	Nationalism Economic liberalism Conservatism
Political position	Right-wing
International affiliation	International Democrat Union
Regional affiliation	Union of Latin American Parties
Colours	Red
Politics of Bolivia Political parties Elections

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.