The Movement for Sovereignty (Spanish

Spanish language

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: Movimiento por al Soberanía, MPS) is a leftist

Left-wing politics

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, indigenist Bolivia

Bolivia

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n political party

Political party

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 founded by dissident

Dissident

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s of the Movement for Socialism

Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)

The Movement for Socialism-Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples , alternately referred to as "Movement Toward Socialism" or "Movement to Socialism", is a left-wing, socialist, Bolivian political organization led by Evo Morales, founded in 1995...

 (MAS-IPSP). Its leader, and fourth-place candidate for Governor of La Paz department

La Paz Department

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 in the 2010 regional election

Bolivian regional election, 2010

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 is Lino Villca

Lino Villca

Lino Villca Delgado is a Bolivian politician, a leader of the coca growers movement in the Yungas, a co-founder of the Movement for Socialism who turned party dissident. His movement career began with a leadership role in the coca growers association of La Asunta, followed by work in the...

. Other MAS-IPSP activists involved in founding the MPS include Óscar Chirinos, Miguel Machaca, and Rufo Calle. The party's colors are blue, white, and yellow.

In the April 2010 elections, the MPS won the mayor's office in 6 municipalities: Achacachi

Achacachi Municipality

Achacachi Municipality is one of five municipalities of the Omasuyos Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Achacachi.The municipality is situated in the northern Altiplano of the Bolivian Andes region on the eastern shore of Lake Titicaca bordered to the north by the Larecaja...

, Mecapaca

Mecapaca Municipality

Mecapaca Municipality is the second municipal section of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Mecapaca.- References :* - External links :*...

, Escoma

Escoma

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, Sorata

Sorata Municipality

Sorata Municipality is the first municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Sorata. The Illampu - Ancohuma massif is located within the municipality, site of the 17th highest lake in the world, Laguna Glaciar....

, Combaya

Combaya Municipality

Combaya Municipality is the fifth municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Combaya.- Languages :The languages spoken in the Combaya Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish....

, and Pucarani

Pucarani Municipality

Pucarani Municipality is the first municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Pucarani.It is bordered to the north by the Batallas Municipality, to the east by the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, to the south by the Laja Municipality and to the west...

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