The Paraguayan Humanist Party is a political party in Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

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History

The party was established in 1985, but was not legalised until the overthrow of the Stroessner

Alfredo Stroessner

Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, whose name is also spelled Strössner or Strößner , was a Paraguayan military officer and dictator from 1954 to 1989...

 regime in 1989. In the elections that year

Paraguayan general election, 1989

Early general elections were held in Paraguay on 1 May 1989, following the overthrow of President Alfredo Stroessner on 3 February. For the first time in several years, democratic opposition parties were allowed to contest the elections. The presidential elections were won by Andrés Rodríguez ...

 it received just 0.1% of the national vote and failed to win a seat. In the 1991 Constitutional Assembly elections

Paraguayan Constitutional Assembly election, 1991

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Paraguay on 1 December 1991. The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won 122 of the 198 seats. Voter turnout was 51.7%. Following the election, a new constitution was published in 1992...

 its vote share rose to 0.5%, but it again failed to win a seat. For the 1993 elections

Paraguayan general election, 1993

General elections were held in Paraguay on 9 May 1993. In the first free elections with no military candidates since 1928, Juan Carlos Wasmosy of the Colorado Party won the presidential election, whilst the Colorado Party won a plurality of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, but the...

 the party ran in an alliance with the Christian Democratic Party

Christian Democratic Party (Paraguay)

-History:The party was established in the 1960s and was one of the parties that renounced violence as a means of toppling the Stroessner regime. However, the party did not contest a national election until Stroessner was overthrown in 1989. In the general elections later that year it received 1% of...

 named the Social Democratic Coalition, but remained seatless. It did not contest the 1998 elections

Paraguayan general election, 1998

General elections were held in Paraguay on 10 May 1998. The presidential elections were won by Raúl Cubas Grau of the Colorado Party, who received 55.3% of the vote...

, but entered a candidate (Ricardo Buman) in the vice presidential election

Paraguayan vice presidential election, 2000

Vice Presidential elections were held in Paraguay on 13 August 2000, following the assassination of Luis María Argaña. The result was a victory for Julio César Franco of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party, who received 49.6% of the vote. Voter turnout was 60.7%.-Results:...

 in 2000. Buman finished third out of three candidates with just 1.5% of the vote. In the 2003 general elections

Paraguayan general election, 2003

General elections were held in Paraguay on 27 April 2003. The presidential elections were won by Nicanor Duarte of the Colorado Party, who received 38.3% of the vote. In the Congressional elections, the Colorado Party won 37 of the 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 16 of the 45 seats in the...

the party won 0.2% of the vote in the Congressional elections, remaining seatless.