The Revolutionary Febrerista Party is a democratic socialist

Democratic socialism

Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation...

 party of 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 on 11 December 1951 in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, Argentina

Argentina

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 and was initially banned in Paraguay, which was under a Colorado Party

Colorado Party (Paraguay)

The National Republican Association – Colorado Party is a political party in Paraguay, founded in 1887 by Bernardino Caballero. It is usually known as the Colorado Party...

 regime at the time. The party was legalised in 1964 as it was no longer deemed to be a threat to President Alfredo 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...

. In the 1967 Constitutional Assembly elections

Paraguayan Constitutional Assembly election, 1967

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Paraguay on 7 May 1967. The Colorado Party won 80 of the 120 seats. Voter turnout was 68.9%. Following the election, the country's fifth constitution was promulgated in August. The new constitution allowed President Alfonso Stroessner to run for two...

 it won three of the 120 seats. In the general elections

Paraguayan general election, 1968

General elections were held in Paraguay on 11 February 1968. Alfredo Stroessner of the Colorado Party won the presidential elections, whilst the Colorado Party won 20 of the 30 seats in the Senate and 40 of the 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputues. Voter turnout was 73.1%.-President:-Senate:-Chamber...

 the following year the party failed to win a Senate seat, but won one seat in the Chamber of Deputies.

After 1968 the party did not contest another nartional election until the overthrow of the Stroessner 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 ...

 they won two seats in the Chamber of Deputies. 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...

 they won a single 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...

 it was part of the National Encounter Party

National Encounter Party

-History:The National Encounter Movement was established on 26 October 1991. Prior to the 1993 elections the National Encounter Party was established as a coalition of the Revolutionary Febrerista Party, the Christian Democratic Party, Asuncion for All and a breakaway faction of the Colorado Party...

 coalition, which finished third. The partyran alone in 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 failed to win a seat. They also failed to win a seat in the 2003 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...

. For the 2008 elections

Paraguayan general election, 2008

The 2008 Paraguayan general election was held in Paraguay on April 20, 2008. This includes presidential, legislative, and local elections. The presidential election was won by opposition candidate Fernando Lugo of the Patriotic Alliance for Change, who defeated Blanca Ovelar of the long-ruling...

 the party was part of the Patriotic Alliance for Change

Patriotic Alliance for Change

The Patriotic Alliance for Change is a center-left and left-wing Paraguayan political alliance consisting of eight parties in a governing coalition:*Radical Liberal Party*Febrerista Revolutionary Party*National Encounter Party...

, which won two seats.