Up with the Republic

Up with the Republic (Spanish: Arriba la República), formerly known as Up with Nicaragua (Arriba Nicaragua), was a neo-populist Nicaraguan political party founded in 1996 by banker Álvaro Robelo.[1]

In year 2000, Robelo joined forces with another banker, Haroldo Montealegre, under the banner of Up with the Republic. They proposed dollarizing the economy, establishing a flat tax and shrinking the size of government.[2]

References

  1. ^ Peter Peetz (15 November 2001). "Der Wahlsieg von Enrique Bolaños in Nikaragua: Continuismo statt „Rückkehr zur Revolution"" (PDF). Brennpunkt Lateinamerika (in German): 232. ISSN 1437-6091. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011.
  2. ^ "The Pact's First Offspring". Revista Envío. March 2000. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017.