A New Era
| A New Era Un Nuevo Tiempo |
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| Leader | Omar Barboza |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Maracaibo |
| Ideology | Third Way |
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A New Era (Spanish: Un Nuevo Tiempo, UNT) is a centrist political party of Venezuela arising from the Third Way tradition. It is the largest party in Venezuela's fractured opposition, earning 11% of the vote in the 2008 gubernatorial elections. The party arose in Zulia State, and remains far stronger in its home region than elsewhere in the country.
12 candidates of Un Nuevo Tiempo or supported by Un Nuevo Tiempo were elected deputies to the National Assembly out of 15 in the sept 26th, 2010 legislative elections. Un Nuevo Tiempo boycotted the December 4, 2005 legislative elections. The party's previous leader was Manuel Rosales, Gobernor of Zulia, Venezuela's most populous state. He was also its candidate for the 2006 presidential election, attracting 37% of the national vote.
Omar Barboza is the current party president.[1]
[edit] External links
- www.unnuevotiempo.org.ve/
- Un Nuevo Tiempo in the National Assembly's webpage (defunct on February 21, 2009)
[edit] References
- ^ Comando Angostura: El llamado es a votar el 15 de febrero (Spanish, visited February 21, 2009)
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