Libertarian Movement (Costa Rica)

Libertarian Movement Party
Partido Movimiento Libertario
FoundedMay 1994
IdeologyLibertarian conservatism
Social conservatism[1][2]
Catholic social teaching[dubiousdiscuss]
Economic liberalism
Political positionRight-wing
ColoursRed
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The Libertarian Movement Party (Spanish: Partido Movimiento Libertario; PML) is a political party based on libertarian conservatism in Costa Rica. It was founded in May 1994. After an important protagonism during early 2000s with its perennial nominee Otto Guevara among the main candidates and reaching third place in 2006 and 2010, it was affected by several corruption scandals and lack of funds, the party gradually suffered a debacle in 2014 ending in fourth on the presidential ticket, and fifth in Parliament. Later losing all its mayors in the mid-term local election of 2016, to finally having bad results in 2018 with Guevara's candidacy reaching only 1% of support and losing all seats in Congress.

  1. ^ Sanchez, María Isabel (2 February 2014), "No clear frontrunner as Costa Ricans vote for new president", Digital Journal
  2. ^ "Liberal and conservative ideologies clashed in first official presidential debate", Inside Costa Rica, 6 January 2014, archived from the original on 15 March 2014, retrieved 15 March 2014