Civic Community
{{short description|Bolivian political coalition}}
{{Expand Spanish|topic=gov|Comunidad Ciudadana|date=October 2019}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Civic Community
| native_name = {{lang|es|Comunidad Ciudadana}}
| logo = Logo CC.png
| symbol =
| colorcode = {{party color|Civic Community}}
| leader = Carlos Mesa
| leader1_title = Senate spokesperson
| leader1_name = Andrea Barrientos
| leader2_title = Chamber spokesperson
| leader2_name = Carlos Alarcón
| foundation = {{start date and age|df=y|2018|11|13}}
| ideology = Liberalism{{Cite journal |last=Ruiz Collantes |first=F. Xavier |last2=Sofía Cabezas |first2=Ana |date=2024-09-01 |title=Populist discourses and conflicts of democratic legitimacy: the Bolivian political crisis of 2019 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13569317.2022.2099072 |journal=Journal of Political Ideologies |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=656–678 |doi=10.1080/13569317.2022.2099072 |issn=1356-9317 |quote=Anti-MAS-IPSP votes went to the liberal Comunidad Ciudadana, led by Carlos Mesa.|url-access=subscription }}
Third Way
Constitutionalism
| position = {{nowrap|Centre{{bulleted list|{{Cite book |last=Baeza Freer |first=Jaime |url=https://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/items/ef193016-0c85-4b43-84d8-af987a16702a |title=Relaciones civil-militares en la región sudamericana. Reflexiones desde Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú. Red de Política de Seguridad |last2=Cortinhas |first2=Juliano |last3=Escudero Illanes |first3=María Cristina |last4=Montenegro |first4=Pablo |last5=Namihas |first5=Sandra |last6=Novak |first6=Fabián |last7=Pastrana Buelvas |first7=Eduardo |last8=Pérez Enríquez |first8=Diego |last9=Ramalho |first9=Antonio Jorge |date=2022 |publisher=Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (IDEI) |isbn=978-9972-671-94-4 |quote=La renuncia de Jeanine Añez a su candidatura para la presidencia del Estado en las elecciones de 2020 dejó en carrera —además del MAS— a dos agrupaciones polı́ticas de la oposición: el partido conservador CREEMOS, del caudillo cruceño Luis Fernando Camacho, y a la alianza centrista Comunidad Ciudadana, que habı́a recibido 36,5% de los votos en las elecciones de 2019 y cuyo candidato, el historiador Carlos Mesa, fue el principal perjudicado por el fraude electoral, pues tenı́a altas probabilidades de ganar a Evo Morales en la segunda vuelta electoral.}}|{{Cite news |date=2020-10-18 |title=Bolivia election: Evo Morales' ally Luis Arce set for win |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54591963 |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |quote=A quick-count by pollsters Ciesmori suggests Luis Arce has won with 52.4%, trailed by Mr Mesa of the centrist Citizens' Community alliance with 31.5%.}}|{{Cite web |last=Nugent |first=Ciara |date=2020-10-20 |title=The Far-Left Wins Back Power in Bolivia. What Does That Mean for the Country’s Future? |url=https://time.com/5901832/bolivia-election-luis-arce/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=TIME |language=en |quote=The “anti-MAS” parties, including Mesa’s centrist Citizen Community alliance and smaller rightwing forces, Arequipa says, focused their campaigns “more on fear [of MAS returning to power].}}|{{Cite news |last=Graham |first=Thomas |date=2022-10-19 |title=Bolivian gold miners push into national park despite country’s green rhetoric |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/19/bolivia-gold-miners-amazon-madidi |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |quote=In April, Cecilia Requena, an MP from the centrist Comunidad Ciudadana party, went by river to verify that illegal mining was taking place in the Madidi – and was repelled with stones and dynamite.}}|{{Cite web |date=2024-12-06 |title=Counting the Costs of Bolivia’s High-level Schism |url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/latin-america-caribbean/andes/bolivia/counting-costs-bolivias-high-level-schism |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Crisis Group |language=en |quote=Arce faces opposition not only from other parties – such as Creemos, a right-wing coalition led by Luis Fernando Camacho, the governor of Santa Cruz who has been in jail for the last two years for his involvement in protests after the 2019 vote – and the centrist Comunidad Ciudadana, led by former president Carlos Mesa, but also from the evista faction of the MAS.}}}} to centre-right{{bulleted list|{{Cite journal |last=Padoan |first=Enrico |date=2025 |title=Mapping sovereignism(s) in South America |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nana.13045 |journal=Nations and Nationalism |language=en |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=146–163 |doi=10.1111/nana.13045 |issn=1469-8129 |quote=Centre-right (CR: e.g. the Bolivian Comunidad Ciudadana; the Uruguayan Partido Nacional)|doi-access=free }}|{{Cite web |date=2020-07-31 |title=Bolivia Faces New Polls in Shadow of Fraud Row |url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/latin-america-caribbean/andes/bolivia/b43-bolivia-faces-new-polls-shadow-fraud-row |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Crisis Group |language=en |quote=It was the tallying of results, however, that triggered the crisis. Just before 8pm on 20 October, shortly after polling stations closed, the TSE announced preliminary figures with 84 per cent of the vote counted, showing Morales beating his main rival, Carlos Mesa of the centre-right Civic Community party, by 7.9 per cent.}}|{{Cite web |date=24 October 2024 |title=BOLIVIA: Opposition attempts to capitalise on MAS turmoil |url=https://www.latinnews.com/component/k2/item/103410-bolivia-opposition-attempts-to-capitalise-on-mas-turmoil.html |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=LatinNews |language=en-gb |quote=The opposition, divided between the centre-right Comunidad Ciudadana (CC) and the far-right Creemos, faces enormous obstacles if it is to end nearly 20 years in the political wilderness by recapturing the presidency. Its only real hope is if the left-wing vote is split by former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) being declared eligible to run for the MAS, forcing President Luis Arce to run for another party or as an independent.}}|{{Cite web |date=2023-04-16 |title=US dollar scarcity threatens Bolivia’s ‘economic miracle’ |url=https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2023-04-15/us-dollar-scarcity-threatens-bolivias-economic-miracle.html |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=El País |language=en-us |quote=Now there's a lack of liquidity,” said Rodrigo Paz, a senator with the center-right Comunidad Ciudadana party.}}|{{Cite journal |date=2021-01-01 |title=Bolivia parties will strive to secure local influence |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/oxan-db259563/full/html |journal=Emerald Expert Briefings |volume=oxan-db |issue=oxan-db |doi=10.1108/OXAN-DB259563 |issn=2633-304X|url-access=subscription }}}}}}
| membership_year = 2019
| membership = 88,122https://urgente.bo/noticia/estas-son-las-cifras-de-militancia-de-los-partidos-pol%C3%ADticos-en-bolivia {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
| blank1_title = Members
| blank1 = {{Collapsible list
| Revolutionary Left Front {{Small|(2018–2024)}}
| First the People {{Small|(2020–present)}}
}}
| headquarters =
| international =
| seats1_title = Senate
| seats1 = {{Infobox political party/seats|11|36|{{party color|Civic Community}}}}
| seats2_title = Chamber of Deputies
| seats2 = {{Infobox political party/seats|39|130|{{party color|Civic Community}}}}
| seats3_title = Governorships
| seats3 = {{Infobox political party/seats|0|9|{{party color|Civic Community}}}}
| seats4_title = Mayors
| seats4 = {{Infobox political party/seats|6|337|{{party color|Civic Community}}}}
| colours = {{Color box|{{party color|Civic Community}}|border=darkgray}} Dark Orange
{{Color box|#F6881F|border=darkgray}} Orange
{{Color box|#15682E|border=darkgray}} Green
| website = https://comunidadciudadanabo.com/
| country = Bolivia
}}
Civic Community{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50055725|title=Will Bolivians give Evo Morales a fourth term?|date=2019-10-20|work=BBC|access-date=2019-10-21|language=en-GB}}[https://santiagotimes.cl/2019/10/21/bolivia-presidential-election-evo-morales-faces-a-run-off-vote-on-dec-15/ Bolivia presidential election: Evo Morales faces a run-off vote on Dec 15], The Santiago Times, 21 October 2018 ({{Langx|es|Comunidad Ciudadana}}, CC) is a liberal Bolivian political coalition led by former president Carlos Mesa, founded in 2018 to contest the 2019 general election. It was born of the alliance of Revolutionary Left Front (FRI), Sovereignty and Freedom (Sol.Bo), All Organization, and Kochala Force parties.{{Cite web|url=https://eju.tv/2019/09/sol-bo-fri-todos-ratifican-alianza-y-van-con-comunidad-ciudadana-a-las-subnacionales-de-2020/|title = Sol.bo, FRI, Todos, ratifican alianza y van con Comunidad Ciudadana a las subnacionales de 2020| date=30 September 2019 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lostiempos.com/actualidad/pais/20191009/agrupacion-fuerza-kochala-se-adhiere-comunidad-ciudadana|title=Agrupación Fuerza K´ochala se adhiere a Comunidad Ciudadana|date=9 October 2019}} The alliance holds Mesa's presidential candidacy, with former minister Gustavo Pedraza as his running mate. The CC elected 50 deputies and 14 senators in the country's Plurinational Legislative Assembly in the election.
The CC campaign focused on condemning the candidacy of incumbent president Evo Morales to an unconstitutional fourth consecutive five-year term. The election took place on October 20, 2019. With a preliminary vote count of 45% for incumbent president Evo Morales and 38% for his leading challenger, former president Carlos Mesa, after 83% of votes were counted, neither of those conditions appeared likely to be met. A second-round runoff vote between those two candidates would therefore be held on 15 December.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50119655|title=Bolivia's Evo Morales set to face first run-off|date=2019-10-21|work=BBC|access-date=2019-10-21|language=en-GB}}
After that figure of 83% of the total, however, no further updates to the preliminary results were made after 19:40 hours local time, which caused consternation among opposition politicians and the election monitors deployed by the Organization of American States; candidate Mesa described the suspension as "extremely serious" and spoke of manipulation, while the OAS said an explanation was essential. The electoral authorities explained that updates to the preliminary count had been halted because the official results were beginning to be released; nevertheless, no official results were published overnight.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50119655|title = Bolivia elections: Concern as results transmission pauses|work = BBC News|date = 21 October 2019}}
Constituent parties
= 2019 =
On 6 October 2018, former president Carlos Mesa accepted the invitation of the Revolutionary Left Front (FRI) to be the party's presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections.{{Cite web|title=Bolivia: el ex mandatario Carlos Mesa lanzó su candidatura presidencial para enfrentar a Evo Morales en 2019|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2018/10/06/bolivia-el-ex-mandatario-carlos-mesa-lanzo-su-candidatura-presidencial-para-enfrentar-a-evo-morales-en-2019/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-12|website=infobae|date=7 October 2018|language=es-ES|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111431/https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2018/10/06/bolivia-el-ex-mandatario-carlos-mesa-lanzo-su-candidatura-presidencial-para-enfrentar-a-evo-morales-en-2019/ |archive-date=7 October 2018 }} Soon after, various parties expressed their interest in forming a unified opposition alliance with Mesa at the helm.{{Cite web|title=Mesa lanza su candidatura y llama a colectivos y partidos|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2018/10/7/mesa-lanza-su-candidatura-llama-colectivos-partidos-196170.html|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.paginasiete.bo|language=spanish|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208105643/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2018/10/7/mesa-lanza-su-candidatura-llama-colectivos-partidos-196170.html|url-status=dead}} On 24 October, La Paz Mayor Luis Revilla announced that his Sovereignty and Liberty (SOL.bo) civic group had decided to support Mesa's candidacy.{{Cite web|title=SOL.bo propone alianza a Mesa y propone agenda programática|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2018/10/24/solbo-propone-alianza-mesa-propone-agenda-programatica-197934.html|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.paginasiete.bo|language=spanish|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208105715/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2018/10/24/solbo-propone-alianza-mesa-propone-agenda-programatica-197934.html|url-status=dead}} After a 26-minute walk through the Central Urban Park La Paz on 30 October, Revilla and Mesa, before the media, presented their "Citizen" alliance.{{Cite web|title=Revilla firma con Mesa y deja que él elija a su acompañante|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2018/10/31/revilla-firma-con-mesa-deja-que-el-elija-su-acompanante-198665.html|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.paginasiete.bo|language=spanish|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208113054/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2018/10/31/revilla-firma-con-mesa-deja-que-el-elija-su-acompanante-198665.html|url-status=dead}} The pact was formalized the following day.{{Cite web|date=2018-10-31|title=Carlos Mesa y Luis Revilla firman alianza de cara a las elecciones primarias|url=https://www.radioamerica.net/noticias/el-mundo/291-carlos-mesa-y-luis-revilla-firman-alianza-de-cara-a-las-elecciones-primarias|access-date=2021-06-12|website=radioamerica|language=es-ES|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208110058/https://www.radioamerica.net/noticias/el-mundo/291-carlos-mesa-y-luis-revilla-firman-alianza-de-cara-a-las-elecciones-primarias|url-status=dead}} Civic Community (CC) was registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on 13 November 2018 as a coalition between the FRI, SOL.bo, and over 50 citizens platforms.{{Cite web|title=Mesa y Revilla oficializan la alianza política "Comunidad Ciudadana" ante el TSE |work=ANF-Agencia de Noticias|url=http://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/mesa-y-revilla-oficializan-la-alianza-politica-34comunidad-ciudadana-34-ante-el-tse-392840|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-12|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208133244/https://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/mesa-y-revilla-oficializan-la-alianza-politica-34comunidad-ciudadana-34-ante-el-tse-392840 |archive-date=8 December 2021 }} The coalition was further expanded the following day, when CC signed an alliance with TODOS, the regional party of Tarija Governor Adrián Oliva.{{Cite web|title=Carlos Mesa y Adrián Oliva confirman alianza para las elecciones de 2019|url=https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/2018/11/15/carlos-mesa-y-adrian-oliva-confirman-alianza-para-las-elecciones-de-2019/|access-date=2021-06-12|website=La Razón |language=en}}
Despite last minute hopes of constructing a "greater agreement" between CC and the two largest opposition fronts, the National Unity Front (UN) and the Democrat Social Movement (MDS), both parties registered their own alliance dubbed "Bolivia Says No".{{Cite web|title=El FRI dice que siguen las conversaciones con UN y Demócratas|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2018/11/12/el-fri-dice-que-siguen-las-conversaciones-con-un-democratas-199903.html|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.paginasiete.bo|language=spanish}}{{Cite web|title=UN y Demócratas oficializan alianza 'Bolivia Dice No' y se abren a recibir cualquier candidatura|url=https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/2018/11/14/un-y-democratas-oficializan-alianza-bolivia-dice-no-y-se-abren-a-recibir-cualquier-candidatura/|access-date=2021-06-12|website=La Razón|language=en}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" |
| colspan="2" | Party
! Ideology ! Type ! Registration |
|---|
| style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Left Front}}" |
|National |
| style="background-color:#FDE102" |
| Sovereignty and Liberty | Civic group |
= 2020–2021 =
{{Main|2021 Bolivian regional elections}}
CC contested regional elections for the first time in 2021. In all but three departments, CC ran its own candidates under the variant name Civic Community – Autonomies for Bolivia (Comunidad Ciudadana-Autonomías para Bolivia, CA). The exceptions were in Beni where it aligned with Creemos to form the Let's Change (Cambiemos) alliance, Pando where it joined with the regional Democratic Integration Community (CID), and Tarija where it gained the support of incumbent governor Adrián Oliva to form Community of Everyone (Comunidad de Todos).{{Cite web|title=Gonzales dice que quiere poner fin a 14 años de "chacota" en Pand"|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2021/1/3/gonzales-dice-que-quiere-poner-fin-14-anos-de-chacota-en-pando-279958.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=www.paginasiete.bo|language=spanish}}{{Cite web|last=Flores|first=Edwin|title=Beni: 14 alianzas y partidos políticos presentaron listas de candidatos – La Palabra del Beni|url=https://lapalabradelbeni.com.bo/trinidad/beni-14-alianzas-y-partidos-politicos-presentaron-candidatos/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=lapalabradelbeni.com.bo/|language=es-ES}}{{Cite web|title=Se perfila alianza de CC, FRI, Todos, PG, SOL-BO y otras fuerzas municipales en Tarija|url=https://elpais.bo/tarija/20201204_se-perfila-alianza-de-cc-fri-todos-pg-sol-bo-y-otras-fuerzas-municipales-en-tarija.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=El País Tarija|language=es}} Santa Cruz was the only department where it did not present a gubernatorial candidate, choosing instead to endorse Creemos leader Luis Fernando Camacho.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-29|title=Siete frentes respaldan a Camacho y Creemos no apoyará a ningún candidato a la Alcaldía cruceña|url=https://www.lostiempos.com/actualidad/pais/20201229/siete-frentes-respaldan-camacho-creemos-no-apoyara-ningun-candidato|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Los Tiempos|language=es}}
Largely as a result of the hugely divided opposition field, CC failed to win any gubernatorial elections and won six mayoral elections. These were in Camiri, Colcapirhua, Ingavi, Puerto Rico, San Pedro de Manuripi, and Santos Mercado. The latter four were all located in Pando, where CC saw its best performance.{{Cite web|title=ELECCIÓN DE AUTORIDADES POLÍTICAS DEPARTAMENTALES, REGIONALES Y MUNICIPALES 2021|url=https://computo.oep.org.bo/|url-status=live|access-date=21 March 2021|website=Organo Electoral Plurinacional|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205041654/https://computo.oep.org.bo/ |archive-date=5 December 2017 }}
In the 2021 elections the Civic Community coalition was composed of the following groups:{{Cite web|title=CC descarta alianzas en La Paz y va con variantes en Beni, Pando y Tarija|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2020/12/5/cc-descarta-alianzas-en-la-paz-va-con-variantes-en-beni-pando-tarija-277127.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=www.paginasiete.bo|language=spanish|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512161837/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2020/12/5/cc-descarta-alianzas-en-la-paz-va-con-variantes-en-beni-pando-tarija-277127.html|url-status=dead}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" |
| colspan="3" | Party
! Ideology ! Type ! Registration |
|---|
| style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Left Front}}" |
| rowspan="2" | Reformism | National |
| style="background-color:#EE7D03 |
| First the People | Civic group | Tarija |
= 2024 =
In December 2024 the Revolutionary Left Front left the coalition in order to support the candidacy of Jorge Quiroga in the 2025 presidential election.{{cite web |title=FRI rompe su alianza con CC y sella acuerdo con Tuto Quiroga para participar de las presidenciales |url=https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/2024/12/16/fri-rompe-su-alianza-con-cc-y-sella-acuerdo-con-tuto-quiroga-para-participar-de-las-presidenciales/ |website=La Razon |access-date=17 December 2024}} Marcelo Pedrazas, a CC deputy from Chuquisaca, stated that the FRI's withdrawal indicated that "Civic Community has become a failed project" as a result of internal strife within the coalition.{{cite web |last1=Duran |first1=Cynthia |title=Diputado Marcelo Pedrazas: "La ruptura del FRI con Comunidad Ciudadana marca el fin de una alianza fallida." |url=https://www.elpopularhoy.com/bolivia/diputado-marcelo-pedrazas---la-ruptura-del-fri-con-comunidad-ciudadana-marca-el-fin-de-una-alianza-fallida--_a676056bcd5f3ad7a18134b06 |website=El Popular Hoy}}
Electoral results
=Presidential elections=
| class=wikitable |
| rowspan="2" |Election
! rowspan="2" |Presidential nominee ! rowspan="2" |Running mate !Votes !% !Votes !% ! rowspan="2" |Result |
|---|
| colspan="2" | First Round
! colspan="2" | Second Round |
| 2019
| rowspan="2" | Carlos Mesa | rowspan="2" | Gustavo Pedraza | 2,240,920 | 36.51% | colspan="2" | |Annulled {{Nay}} |
| 2020
| 1,775,943 | 28.83% | colspan="2" | |Lost {{Nay}} |
=Legislative elections=
| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| + Plurinational Legislative Assembly |
| rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="2" |Votes ! colspan="4" |Seats ! rowspan="2" |Position ! rowspan="2" |Government |
|---|
| No.
! % ! Chamber ! ± ! Senate ! ± |
| 2019
| 2,240,920 | 36.51 | {{Infobox political party/seats|50|130|{{party color|Civic Community}}}} | {{increase}} 50 | {{Infobox political party/seats|14|38|{{party color|Civic Community}}}} | {{increase}} 14 | 2nd | {{no2|Results annulled}} |
| 2020
| 1,775,943 | 28.83 | {{Infobox political party/seats|39|130|{{party color|Civic Community}}}} | {{decrease}} 11 | {{Infobox political party/seats|11|38|{{party color|Civic Community}}}} | {{decrease}} 3 | {{steady}} 2nd | {{no2|Movement for Socialism}} |
= Regional elections =
| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="4" |Seats |
|---|
| Mayors
! ± ! Governors ! ± |
| 2021
| {{Infobox political party/seats|6|337|{{party color|Civic Community}}}} | {{increase}} 6 | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|9|{{party color|Civic Community}}}} | {{steady}} 0 |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://comunidadciudadanabo.com/ Civic Community website]
{{Bolivian political parties}}
Category:2018 establishments in Bolivia
Category:Centrist parties in South America
Category:Liberal parties in Bolivia
Category:Political parties established in 2018
Constituent parties
= 2019 =
On 6 October 2018, former president Carlos Mesa accepted the invitation of the Revolutionary Left Front (FRI) to be the party's presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections.{{Cite web|title=Bolivia: el ex mandatario Carlos Mesa lanzó su candidatura presidencial para enfrentar a Evo Morales en 2019|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2018/10/06/bolivia-el-ex-mandatario-carlos-mesa-lanzo-su-candidatura-presidencial-para-enfrentar-a-evo-morales-en-2019/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-12|website=infobae|date=7 October 2018|language=es-ES|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111431/https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2018/10/06/bolivia-el-ex-mandatario-carlos-mesa-lanzo-su-candidatura-presidencial-para-enfrentar-a-evo-morales-en-2019/ |archive-date=7 October 2018 }} Soon after, various parties expressed their interest in forming a unified opposition alliance with Mesa at the helm.{{Cite web|title=Mesa lanza su candidatura y llama a colectivos y partidos|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2018/10/7/mesa-lanza-su-candidatura-llama-colectivos-partidos-196170.html|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.paginasiete.bo|language=spanish|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208105643/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2018/10/7/mesa-lanza-su-candidatura-llama-colectivos-partidos-196170.html|url-status=dead}} On 24 October, La Paz Mayor Luis Revilla announced that his Sovereignty and Liberty (SOL.bo) civic group had decided to support Mesa's candidacy.{{Cite web|title=SOL.bo propone alianza a Mesa y propone agenda programática|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2018/10/24/solbo-propone-alianza-mesa-propone-agenda-programatica-197934.html|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.paginasiete.bo|language=spanish|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208105715/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2018/10/24/solbo-propone-alianza-mesa-propone-agenda-programatica-197934.html|url-status=dead}} After a 26-minute walk through the Central Urban Park La Paz on 30 October, Revilla and Mesa, before the media, presented their "Citizen" alliance.{{Cite web|title=Revilla firma con Mesa y deja que él elija a su acompañante|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2018/10/31/revilla-firma-con-mesa-deja-que-el-elija-su-acompanante-198665.html|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.paginasiete.bo|language=spanish|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208113054/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2018/10/31/revilla-firma-con-mesa-deja-que-el-elija-su-acompanante-198665.html|url-status=dead}} The pact was formalized the following day.{{Cite web|date=2018-10-31|title=Carlos Mesa y Luis Revilla firman alianza de cara a las elecciones primarias|url=https://www.radioamerica.net/noticias/el-mundo/291-carlos-mesa-y-luis-revilla-firman-alianza-de-cara-a-las-elecciones-primarias|access-date=2021-06-12|website=radioamerica|language=es-ES|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208110058/https://www.radioamerica.net/noticias/el-mundo/291-carlos-mesa-y-luis-revilla-firman-alianza-de-cara-a-las-elecciones-primarias|url-status=dead}} Civic Community (CC) was registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on 13 November 2018 as a coalition between the FRI, SOL.bo, and over 50 citizens platforms.{{Cite web|title=Mesa y Revilla oficializan la alianza política "Comunidad Ciudadana" ante el TSE |work=ANF-Agencia de Noticias|url=http://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/mesa-y-revilla-oficializan-la-alianza-politica-34comunidad-ciudadana-34-ante-el-tse-392840|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-12|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208133244/https://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/mesa-y-revilla-oficializan-la-alianza-politica-34comunidad-ciudadana-34-ante-el-tse-392840 |archive-date=8 December 2021 }} The coalition was further expanded the following day, when CC signed an alliance with TODOS, the regional party of Tarija Governor Adrián Oliva.{{Cite web|title=Carlos Mesa y Adrián Oliva confirman alianza para las elecciones de 2019|url=https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/2018/11/15/carlos-mesa-y-adrian-oliva-confirman-alianza-para-las-elecciones-de-2019/|access-date=2021-06-12|website=La Razón |language=en}}
Despite last minute hopes of constructing a "greater agreement" between CC and the two largest opposition fronts, the National Unity Front (UN) and the Democrat Social Movement (MDS), both parties registered their own alliance dubbed "Bolivia Says No".{{Cite web|title=El FRI dice que siguen las conversaciones con UN y Demócratas|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2018/11/12/el-fri-dice-que-siguen-las-conversaciones-con-un-democratas-199903.html|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.paginasiete.bo|language=spanish}}{{Cite web|title=UN y Demócratas oficializan alianza 'Bolivia Dice No' y se abren a recibir cualquier candidatura|url=https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/2018/11/14/un-y-democratas-oficializan-alianza-bolivia-dice-no-y-se-abren-a-recibir-cualquier-candidatura/|access-date=2021-06-12|website=La Razón|language=en}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" |
| colspan="3" | Party
! Ideology ! Type ! Registration |
|---|
| style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Left Front}}" |
| National |
| style="background-color:#FDE102" |
| Sovereignty and Liberty | Civic group | La Paz |
= 2020–2021 =
{{Main|2021 Bolivian regional elections}}
CC contested regional elections for the first time in 2021. In all but three departments, CC ran its own candidates under the variant name Civic Community – Autonomies for Bolivia (Comunidad Ciudadana-Autonomías para Bolivia, CA). The exceptions were in Beni where it aligned with Creemos to form the Let's Change (Cambiemos) alliance, Pando where it joined with the regional Democratic Integration Community (CID), and Tarija where it gained the support of incumbent governor Adrián Oliva to form Community of Everyone (Comunidad de Todos).{{Cite web|title=Gonzales dice que quiere poner fin a 14 años de "chacota" en Pand"|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2021/1/3/gonzales-dice-que-quiere-poner-fin-14-anos-de-chacota-en-pando-279958.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=www.paginasiete.bo|language=spanish}}{{Cite web|last=Flores|first=Edwin|title=Beni: 14 alianzas y partidos políticos presentaron listas de candidatos – La Palabra del Beni|url=https://lapalabradelbeni.com.bo/trinidad/beni-14-alianzas-y-partidos-politicos-presentaron-candidatos/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=lapalabradelbeni.com.bo/|language=es-ES}}{{Cite web|title=Se perfila alianza de CC, FRI, Todos, PG, SOL-BO y otras fuerzas municipales en Tarija|url=https://elpais.bo/tarija/20201204_se-perfila-alianza-de-cc-fri-todos-pg-sol-bo-y-otras-fuerzas-municipales-en-tarija.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=El País Tarija|language=es}} Santa Cruz was the only department where it did not present a gubernatorial candidate, choosing instead to endorse Creemos leader Luis Fernando Camacho.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-29|title=Siete frentes respaldan a Camacho y Creemos no apoyará a ningún candidato a la Alcaldía cruceña|url=https://www.lostiempos.com/actualidad/pais/20201229/siete-frentes-respaldan-camacho-creemos-no-apoyara-ningun-candidato|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Los Tiempos|language=es}}
Largely as a result of the hugely divided opposition field, CC failed to win any gubernatorial elections and won six mayoral elections. These were in Camiri, Colcapirhua, Ingavi, Puerto Rico, San Pedro de Manuripi, and Santos Mercado. The latter four were all located in Pando, where CC saw its best performance.{{Cite web|title=ELECCIÓN DE AUTORIDADES POLÍTICAS DEPARTAMENTALES, REGIONALES Y MUNICIPALES 2021|url=https://computo.oep.org.bo/|url-status=live|access-date=21 March 2021|website=Organo Electoral Plurinacional|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205041654/https://computo.oep.org.bo/ |archive-date=5 December 2017 }}
In the 2021 elections the Civic Community coalition was composed of the following groups:{{Cite web|title=CC descarta alianzas en La Paz y va con variantes en Beni, Pando y Tarija|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2020/12/5/cc-descarta-alianzas-en-la-paz-va-con-variantes-en-beni-pando-tarija-277127.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=www.paginasiete.bo|language=spanish|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512161837/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2020/12/5/cc-descarta-alianzas-en-la-paz-va-con-variantes-en-beni-pando-tarija-277127.html|url-status=dead}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" |
| colspan="3" | Party
! Ideology ! Type ! Registration |
|---|
| style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Left Front}}" |
| rowspan="2" | Reformism | National |
| style="background-color:#EE7D03 |
| First the People | Civic group | Tarija |
= 2024 =
In December 2024 the Revolutionary Left Front left the coalition in order to support the candidacy of Jorge Quiroga in the 2025 presidential election.{{cite web |title=FRI rompe su alianza con CC y sella acuerdo con Tuto Quiroga para participar de las presidenciales |url=https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/2024/12/16/fri-rompe-su-alianza-con-cc-y-sella-acuerdo-con-tuto-quiroga-para-participar-de-las-presidenciales/ |website=La Razon |access-date=17 December 2024}} Marcelo Pedrazas, a CC deputy from Chuquisaca, stated that the FRI's withdrawal indicated that "Civic Community has become a failed project" as a result of internal strife within the coalition.{{cite web |last1=Duran |first1=Cynthia |title=Diputado Marcelo Pedrazas: "La ruptura del FRI con Comunidad Ciudadana marca el fin de una alianza fallida." |url=https://www.elpopularhoy.com/bolivia/diputado-marcelo-pedrazas---la-ruptura-del-fri-con-comunidad-ciudadana-marca-el-fin-de-una-alianza-fallida--_a676056bcd5f3ad7a18134b06 |website=El Popular Hoy}}
Electoral results
=Presidential elections=
| class=wikitable |
| rowspan="2" |Election
! rowspan="2" |Presidential nominee ! rowspan="2" |Running mate !Votes !% !Votes !% ! rowspan="2" |Result |
|---|
| colspan="2" | First Round
! colspan="2" | Second Round |
| 2019
| rowspan="2" | Carlos Mesa | rowspan="2" | Gustavo Pedraza | 2,240,920 | 36.51% | colspan="2" | |Annulled {{Nay}} |
| 2020
| 1,775,943 | 28.83% | colspan="2" | |Lost {{Nay}} |
=Legislative elections=
| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| + Plurinational Legislative Assembly |
| rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="2" |Votes ! colspan="4" |Seats ! rowspan="2" |Position ! rowspan="2" |Government |
|---|
| No.
! % ! Chamber ! ± ! Senate ! ± |
| 2019
| 2,240,920 | 36.51 | {{Infobox political party/seats|50|130|{{party color|Civic Community}}}} | {{increase}} 50 | {{Infobox political party/seats|14|38|{{party color|Civic Community}}}} | {{increase}} 14 | 2nd | {{no2|Results annulled}} |
| 2020
| 1,775,943 | 28.83 | {{Infobox political party/seats|39|130|{{party color|Civic Community}}}} | {{decrease}} 11 | {{Infobox political party/seats|11|38|{{party color|Civic Community}}}} | {{decrease}} 3 | {{steady}} 2nd | {{no2|Movement for Socialism}} |
= Regional elections =
| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="4" |Seats |
|---|
| Mayors
! ± ! Governors ! ± |
| 2021
| {{Infobox political party/seats|6|337|{{party color|Civic Community}}}} | {{increase}} 6 | {{Infobox political party/seats|0|9|{{party color|Civic Community}}}} | {{steady}} 0 |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://comunidadciudadanabo.com/ Civic Community website]
{{Bolivian political parties}}
Category:2018 establishments in Bolivia
Category:Centrist parties in South America
Category:Liberal parties in Bolivia
Category:Political parties established in 2018