Authentic Radical Liberal Party

The Authentic Radical Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico or PLRA) is a liberal party in Paraguay. The party is a member of Liberal International. At the last legislative elections, 27 April 2003, the party won 25.7 % of the popular vote and 21 out of 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay and 24.3 %, leading to 12 out of 45 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential elections of the same day, Julio César Ramón Franco Gómez, won 24.0 % of the popular vote. The liberales, as they are known, are the leading opposition to the dominant Colorado Party. They have taken this position since the end of the Alfredo Stroessner dictatorship in 1989. They are the political successors of the Liberal Party.

See also

• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal democracy
• Liberalism and radicalism in Paraguay

•  • e Political parties in Paraguay
Parliamentary parties	Colorado Party - Authentic Radical Liberal Party - Beloved Fatherland Movement - National Union of Ethical Citizens - Solidary Country Party - National Encounter Party - Free Fatherland Party
Other parties	Febrerista Revolutionary Party - Paraguayan Communist Party
- List of political parties - Politics of Paraguay