Fearless Movement

For the Kamasi Washington album, see Fearless Movement (album).

The Fearless Movement (in Spanish: Movimiento Sin Miedo; MSM) is a defunct progressive political party in Bolivia. MSM was founded on March 1, 1999 and dissolved following the 2014 Bolivian general election.

Fearless Movement Movimiento Sin Miedo
Leader	Juan Del Granado
Founded	1 March 1999
Dissolved	2014
Split from	Revolutionary Left Movement
Succeeded by	Sovereignty and Liberty Party
Headquarters	La Paz, Bolivia
Ideology	Democratic socialism Progressivism
Political position	Centre-left[1]
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance[2]
Politics of Bolivia Political parties Elections

The leader of the party, Juan del Granado, was the mayor of La Paz from 2000 to 2010. The party won mayoral elections in 2010 in both La Paz and Oruro.

MSM entered into a political alliance with the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP) on September 3, 2005 in advance of the 2005 presidential election. The parties also consolidated their efforts during the 2006 election for the Constituent Assembly,^[3] in support of President Evo Morales during the 2008 Bolivian recall election, and finally in a joint legislative slate in the 2009 general election.

Elected officials

Plurinational Legislative Assembly

MSM poster during the 2008 referendum campaign, illustrating the party's embrace of the "process of change" and critical stance towards the successes and limitations of MAS rule. Banner text: "Yes to the process of change / Fearless Movement with Evo"

Four members of MSM were elected to serve in the lower house of Bolivia's Congress when the party was in alliance with the MAS-IPSP: Javier Zavaleta, Marcela Revollo, Fabián Yaksic, and Samuel Pamuri. The last three of those were elected to uninominal seats. As part of a break between the MSM and its ally the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP), the party's four deputies, elected on the MAS slate left the MAS ranks and pledged in late March 2010, "to act in accord with our political identity, with our conscience, and with the people who elected us with their vote."^[4] However, Samuel Pamuri quickly pledged his allegiance to the MAS-IPSP by April 2010.^[5] Javier Zavaleta distanced himself from the Fearless Movement as well, culminating in his formal detachment in February 2011.^[6]

MAS-IPSP deputies have repeatedly threatened to remove the remaining deputies from their seats for non-adherence to their elected slate. In January 2012, the Fearless Movement proposed that the five uninominal seats representing the city of La Paz (including Zavaleta, Revollo, Yaksic, and Pamuri, as well as Guillermo Torres of the MAS-IPSP) be subjected to a recall referendum, thereby confirming or rejecting their current party allegiances.^[5]

Municipal officials

In the departmental and municipal elections on 4 April 2010, the MSM participated in 176 contests, winning the mayor's office in 21 municipalities.^[7][8] Luis Revilla won the municipality of La Paz, which marked the third time that the Fearless Movement has won a mayoral race. Also, Rossío Pimentel Flores, from the MSM, carried the municipality of Oruro, something unexpected, since the Movement for Socialism has enjoyed strong support from that city. The MSM has consolidated itself since then strongly in opposition to the ruling party.^[4]

Presidential candidacy, 2014

After President Evo Morales suggested he would run for re-election in 2014, Juan del Granado, the leader of the Fearless Movement, led the party to challenge its former ally, the Movement for Socialism, to submit Morales' proposal to a constitutional referendum. Simultaneously, del Granado stated that the MSM would present a candidate for president.^[9] On November 11, 2013, the MSM nominated del Granado as its candidate for president in the 2014 general elections.^[10] The results gave del Grando less than 3% of the vote, causing the party to lose its legal status. As a result, many of its members founded the Sovereignty and Liberty Party (Soberanía y Libertad, SOL.BO) led by Luis Revilla.

See also

• List of political parties in Bolivia

References

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4. "Ruptura MAS-MSM llega a la Asamblea Legislativa Archived 2010-04-01 at the Wayback Machine," La Prensa, 27 March 2010.
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7. "Elecciones en Bolivia Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine," Bolivia Prensa, 3 April 2010.
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9. "Del Granado reta a Evo a ir a referéndum". Los Tiempos. Cochabamba. 2010-09-23. pp. A1, A2. Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
10. "A 11 meses de comicios exsocio de Evo es el primer candidato a la presidencia". Opinión. Cochabamba, Bolivia. 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-11-12.