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The Renewal Party was a Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

nian right liberal political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

.

The Renewal Party was founded in 1947 by one of the Liberal Unification factions.

In 1946 five liberal parties have allied within the Liberal Unification. Its five original parties were the Liberal Doctrinaire Party (led by Domingo Díaz Arosemena
Domingo Díaz Arosemena
Domingo Díaz Arosemena was Panamanian politician.Díaz Arosemena served as Vice President from 1932 to 1936 and as President of Panama from August 7, 1948 to July 28, 1949. He suffered a heart attack while in office and resigned, dying less than a month later. He belonged to the Liberal Party....

), Liberal Democratic Party (under Enrique Adolfo Jiménez), Liberal Renewal Party (under Francisco Arias Paredes), Chiarista Liberal Party (under Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón
Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón
Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón was the President of Panama in 1949 and from 1960 to 1964. He belonged to the Liberal Party.-Before being president:...

) and United Liberal Party (founded by died ex-President Belisario Porras Barahona
Belisario Porras Barahona
Belisario Porras Barahona . Panamanian journalist and politician. He served three terms as President of Panama soon after its independence from Colombia.-Biography:...

).

After the 1947 Liberal Unification nominating convention, one of the Liberal Renovador factions withdrew from the Liberal Unification when their candidate failed to get the nomination and became the Renewal Party.
For the 1948 elections, the PREN presented its presidential candidate, José Joaquin Vallarino. At the beginning of 1948 José Joaquin Vallarino withdrew from the presidential race and the PREN and National Revolutionary Party (PNR) formed a coalition to back José lsaac Fábrega of the PNR.

José lsaac Fábrega polled 41,296 votes (20.82%) and came third.

The PREN won 7 legislative seats.
In 1952 the PREN joined the Liberal Party “del Matadero”, National Revolutionary Party, Authentic Revolutionary Party
Authentic Revolutionary Party
The Authentic Revolutionary Party was a right-wing political party in Bolivia.The Authentic Revolutionary Party was founded in 1959 as a faction of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement , the ruling party under the presidency of Víctor Paz Estenssoro by Wálter Guevara Arze,...

 and Popular Union Party
Popular Union Party (Panama)
The Popular Union Party was a Panamanian centrist liberal political party.It was founded in 1947 by Sergio González Ruiz.Sergio González Ruiz was one of leaders of the Community Action...

 to form the National Patriotic Coalition
National Patriotic Coalition
The National Patriotic Coalition was a Panamanian conservative nationalist political party....

 (CPN) to support the presidential aspirations of Colonel José Antonio Remón Cantera
José Antonio Remón Cantera
José Antonio Remón Cantera , was president of Panama from 1 October 1952 until his murder by machine-gun fire at a Panama City racetrack - on 2 January 1955. He belonged to the National Patriotic Coalition....

, head of the National Police
Military of Panama
The Panamanian Public Forces are the national defense forces of Panama. Panama is the second country in Latin America to permanently abolish standing armies, leaving it with only small para-military forces. This came as a result of a US invasion that overthrew a military dictatorship which ruled...

.

Ricardo Arias
Ricardo Arias Espinosa
Ricardo Arias Espinosa was the 29th President of Panama.Born in Washington, D.C. from a prominent Panamanian political family, Arias studied at universities in the United States, Colombia and Chile. He became Second Vice President of Panama in 1952, and served as president from March 29, 1955 to...

, a leader of the PREN and son of Francisco Arias Paredes became Second Vice-President to José Antonio Remón Cantera
José Antonio Remón Cantera
José Antonio Remón Cantera , was president of Panama from 1 October 1952 until his murder by machine-gun fire at a Panama City racetrack - on 2 January 1955. He belonged to the National Patriotic Coalition....

 and taking over the presidency following Remon
José Antonio Remón Cantera
José Antonio Remón Cantera , was president of Panama from 1 October 1952 until his murder by machine-gun fire at a Panama City racetrack - on 2 January 1955. He belonged to the National Patriotic Coalition....

's assassination.
In 1953 the National Patriotic Coalition
National Patriotic Coalition
The National Patriotic Coalition was a Panamanian conservative nationalist political party....

 was reorganized as a single party.

Remon
José Antonio Remón Cantera
José Antonio Remón Cantera , was president of Panama from 1 October 1952 until his murder by machine-gun fire at a Panama City racetrack - on 2 January 1955. He belonged to the National Patriotic Coalition....

 conceived of the CPN as a system whereby political power was wielded by one faction of the official party and then another.

Following Remon
José Antonio Remón Cantera
José Antonio Remón Cantera , was president of Panama from 1 October 1952 until his murder by machine-gun fire at a Panama City racetrack - on 2 January 1955. He belonged to the National Patriotic Coalition....

's assassination in 1955, the former PREN faction under Ricardo Arias guided the CPN, but when Ernesto de la Guardia was elected president in 1956, he lured the Liberal Democrat faction away from the National Liberal Party
National Liberal Party (Panama)
The National Liberal Party was a liberal party in Panama. At the last legislative elections, 2 May 2004, the party won 5.2 % of the popular vote and 3 out of 78 seats...

 (PLN) and gave it dominance in the CPN.

De la Guardia abetted friction among the parties in the official coalition.

In 1959 the former PREN faction left the CPN and registered as separate political party, Renewal Party.
In 1960 PREN allied with the Popular Alliance (AP) and its candidate Víctor Florencio Goytía of National Liberal Party
National Liberal Party (Panama)
The National Liberal Party was a liberal party in Panama. At the last legislative elections, 2 May 2004, the party won 5.2 % of the popular vote and 3 out of 78 seats...

 (PLN). PREN polled 8,004 votes (03.31%) and won 1 legislative seat.
In 1964 PREN allied with the National Opposition Alliance (ANO) and its candidate Juan de Arco Galindo of National Patriotic Coalition
National Patriotic Coalition
The National Patriotic Coalition was a Panamanian conservative nationalist political party....

 (CPN). PREN polled only 4,218 votes (01.33%) and won 1 legislative seat.
The PREN was abolished by the Electoral Tribunal in 1964.
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