The Party for the Government of the People (PGP)—in Spanish

Spanish language

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: Partido por el Gobierno del Pueblo—was a social democratic political party

Political party

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 in Uruguay

Uruguay

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. It was originally the Movimiento por el Gobierno del Pueblo. MGP was formed in 1962 by Zelmar Michelini

Zelmar Michelini

Zelmar Michelini was a Uruguayan reporter and politician, assassinated in Buenos Aires in 1976 as part of Operation Condor....

, initially as a group inside the Partido Colorado

Colorado Party (Uruguay)

The Colorado Party is a political party in Uruguay.- Aims :It unites Conservative, Moderate and Social democratic groups. It was the dominant party of government almost without exception during the stabilisation of the Uruguayan republic....

. http://www.correo.com.uy/filatelia/frames/9941c.htm http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/repartidos/camara/d2000060201-00.htm

MGP was a founding member of Frente Amplio

Broad Front (Uruguay)

The Broad Front is a Uruguayan left-wing coalition of political parties. It is led by Jorge Brovetto. Frente Amplio has close ties with PIT-CNT trade union and the cooperative housing movement.-History:...

(FA) (Broad Front).

Michelini was assassinated 20 May 1976.

MGP/PGP was part of the rightist section of FA. In the 1984 election MGP was the sector of the Broad Front that received the largest number of votes. In 1989 PGP withdrew from the front. http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-14387.html In 1994 it merged with Partido Colorado

Colorado Party (Uruguay)

The Colorado Party is a political party in Uruguay.- Aims :It unites Conservative, Moderate and Social democratic groups. It was the dominant party of government almost without exception during the stabilisation of the Uruguayan republic....

, but several of its legislators and members stayed out. Some formed Encuentro Progresista (Progressive Encounter) whereas others, led by Rafael Michelini

Rafael Michelini

Rafael Michelini Delle Piane is a Uruguayan politician. He is currently Senator of the Republic of Uruguay as a member of the Frente Amplio party, and was the founder of New Space party. He was the seventh of ten children, and is the son of Zelmar Michelini, a former senator who was assassinated...

 (son of Zelmar Michelini), formed Nuevo Espacio (New Space).