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5.01 ownership of
means of production
- 2, AC9
- During this 13 year
period the party has supported direct public ownership of
most of the large industries, means of production and the
central bank but certainly not as strongly as the
Colorado Party.
- 5.02 government role in
economic planning
- 3, AC7
- The party has sought
foreign trade policies that would support the rural
interests and larger urban fortunes and has desired to
channel recent large-scale economic aid to agriculture to
the big estates. Unlike the Colorado Party the Partido
Nacional desires economic coordination by the government
but in order to help certain sectors of society and not
the population in general.
- 5.03 Redistribution of
wealth
- 1, AC7
- The party has generally
favored an income tax which they were successful in
having passed in the legislature in 1960.
- 5.04 social
welfare
- 3 for 1st half,
AC5
- 3 for 2nd half,
AC5
- The party has generally
supported the social welfare system which was founded by
Jose Batlle at the turn of the century and which has
steadily grown since that time to make Uruguay South
America's first and only welfare state. But the Blancos
have opposed some of the programs for the urban
population.
- 5.05 secularization of
society
- 3, AC7
- The party is
anti-clerical, but not as strongly so as the Colorado
Party. It does support all efforts to legally prevent the
church from gaining any political power in the formal
sense, but it has not been against Catholics
participating in the Christian Democratic
Party.
- 5.06 support of the
military
- -5, AC9
- The party continued to
support a weak political position for the armed forces
and helped to insure this by voting for legislation that
kept allocations to the military at a very low level
relative to other developing nations of Latin America.
(Following the military intervention of February, 1973,
the situation changed substantially, however.
- 5.07 alignment with
east-west blocs
- 0 for 1st half,
AC9
- -1 for 2nd half,
AC9
- In 1952 Herrera's Blanco
Party and the radical university students led the attack
on the signing of the military assistance pact with the
United States. Although the party leaders have at times
taken an extreme position against the United States and
Britain, they have also vigorously protested against any
and all soviet activity in Uruguay. However, after their
victory in the 1958 election they have had to temper
their hostilities to the United States
somewhat.
- 5.08
anti-colonialism
- 5, AC9
- In the 20th century no
foreign country has dominated the decision-making of
national leaders. Although it does not urge expropriation
of foreign investments without compensation, the party
supports only very limited foreign participation in the
economy of the nation.
- 5.09 supranational
integration
- -1 for 1st half,
AC3
- 1 for 2nd half,
AC8
- During the first time
period there is really no mention in the literature
concerning supra-national integration. A score of -1 is
inferred from what the leaders did in 1960. In February
of 1960 the leaders of the Nacional party signed the
treaty of Montevideo which created the Latin American
free trade association.
- 5.10 national
integration
- 5, AC7
- Uruguay has been a
unitary state since its founding in the year 1830. The
party supports the continual integration of all sectors
of the nation through the government's vast social
welfare system. The party has favored more support for
rural areas which were not included in much of the
reformist legislation during the period of Colorado
control of the government.
- 5.11 electoral
participation
- 5, AC7
- The party continually
supports the present electoral laws that allow any male
or female--18 years old or older--the right to vote. Only
the enlisted members of the armed forces are prevented by
law from voting. There are no racial, religious or
educational restrictions contained in the laws and none
are recommended by the party.
- 5.12 protection of civil
rights
- 5, AC7
- The party had been one
of the staunchest supporters of individual rights and
together with the Colorado Party leaders prevented any
abridgment of rights by the government from occurring
during our time period.
- 5.13 interference with
civil liberties
- -3, AC7
- The party had vigorously
defended individual liberties especially during the
election campaigns which were known for their honesty and
integrity. The only possible blemish on their record was
their continual attempt to control illegal communist
activity during the late 1950's and early
1960's.
- 5.14 / 5.15 us--soviet
experts left-right ratings
- U.S. says 1,
center-conservative, with the union Blanca Democratica
faction at the center and the Ruralists (Nardone faction)
on the conservative side, with the Herreristas in
between.
- Soviets say 1, the party
represents latifundists, the large conciliatory and
intermediate bourgeoisie, and financial
capital.
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