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Authentic Party Partido Auténtico | |
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| President (s) | Ramón Grau (1934–1948) Carlos Prío Socarrás (1948–1959) |
| Founded | February 8, 1934 (1934-2-8) |
| Dissolved | January 1, 1959 (1959-1-1) |
| Preceded by | Cuban Revolutionary Party (not legal predecessor) |
| Headquarters | Havana,Cuba |
| Youth wing | Juventud Auténtica |
| Ideology | Cuban nationalism[1][2] Social corporatism Social democracy[1] Left-wing populism[3] Left-wing nationalism[4] Economic nationalism[2] |
| Political position | Centre-left[2][5] toleft-wing[6] |
| Colors | Blue,red,white (Cuban national colours) |
| Slogan | Cuba para los Cubanos(Cuba for the Cubans) |
TheCuban Revolutionary Party – Authentic (Spanish:Partido Revolucionario Cubano – Auténtico,PRC-A), commonly called theAuthentic Party (Spanish:Partido Auténtico,PA), was a political party inCuba most active between 1934 and 1952. Although the Partido Auténtico had significant influence, it eventually became unpopular due to corruption scandals and, despite significant reforms,Fulgencio Batista returned to power after a coup d’etat.
The Partido Auténtico had its origins in the nationalistRevolution of 1933. It was made up in February 1934 by many of the same individuals who had brought about the downfall ofGerardo Machado in the previous year to defend the changes caused by the Revolution of 1933.[7]
In the1939 Constitutional Assembly election the party was part of the victorious Opposition Front, and it emerged as the largest party in the Assembly. The1940 Constitution of Cuba was heavily influenced by the nationalist ideas at the heart of the party's program.
Although the party also held the most seats in the Chamber of Representatives after the1940 general election, its candidate,Ramón Grau, lost the presidential election. In the1942 parliamentary election it finished third, winning only 10 seats.[8] Grau went on to win the presidency at the1944 general election, which also saw the Partido Auténtico win the most seats in the Chamber. The party also won the1946 mid-term election with 30 seats.
For the1948 general election the party formed an alliance with theRepublican Party, helpingCarlos Prío Socarrás win the presidency, and also winning both the Chamber and Senate. A different alliance with theDemocratic Party and theLiberal Party was formed for the1950 mid-term election, and this alliance too won. However, the Partido Auténtico lost the1954 general election to Fulgencio Batista's National Progressive Coalition.
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The Partido Auténtico was the mostnationalistic of the major parties that existed between the Revolution of 1933 and the 1959Cuban Revolution. It had as its sloganCuba para los cubanos ("Cuba for Cubans").
Its electoral program containedcorporatist elements. For instance, it supported numerous efforts to strengthen the power of the labor unions, some of the party's biggest supporters. Also, some of its members supported the management of the economy through tripartite commissions with businessmen, labor leaders and government bureaucrats, as well as a second chamber (River Plate) with labor and business groups.
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| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/– | Leader |
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| 1936 | unknown (#1) | unknown | 90 / 162 | – | |
| 1939 | 225,223 (#1) | 20.7 | 18 / 76 |  72 | Ramón Grau |
| 1940 | unknown (#1) | unknown | 34 / 162 |  14 | Ramón Grau |
| 1942 | unknown (#3) | unknown | 10 / 57 | 24 | Ramón Grau |
| 1944 | unknown (#3) | unknown | 19 / 70 | 9 | |
| 1946 | unknown (#1) | unknown | 30 / 66 | 11 | |
| 1948 | unknown (#1) | unknown | 29 / 70 | 1 | |
| 1950 | unknown (#1) | unknown | 42 / 66 | 13 | Manuel Antonio de Varona |
The Ortodoxos and the Auténticos were parties that combined centre-left policies with an (economic) nationalist tendency… They also referred back to nationalism and the national past
Cuba. It seems probable that the most important Communist influence on specific and material United States interests in Cuba during the next few years will come from mutual encouragement of the nationalist spirit between the left-of-center element in the President's Partido Revolucionario Cubano (Auténtico) and the Partido Socialista Popular.
Grau was head of the Autentico Party (Partido Revolucionario Cubano), theoretically left-wing and faithful to the ideals of the 1933 Revolution.
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