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The Colorado (red) Party was the
traditional liberal and the Blanco (white)
the traditional conservative party. Since the 30s, these identifications
have gotten complex, and some parts of the Blancos are to the left
of many parts of the Colorados.
Norm Martin, 07 Sep 2000
They can be called centrist parties, Blancos
and Colorados. Both parties made an alliance
against the left wing Frente Amplio, so
as to defeat their candidate. They won eventually.
Guillermo Tell Aveledo, 06 Sep 2000
Uruguayan traditional political parties are not monolithic organisations,
in the sense that they might have several “lists” for each of the party’s
factions — for instance, the Battlismo or the Sanguinettismo of the
Colorado Party, or the Lacallismo of the
National Party. Hence, the basic colours for
these two party’s flags are red (for the Colorado party) and white
(for the National (Blanco) party), with each list having a “flag”
of their own with their mottos and their sub-mottos. There was no mention
of party flags on each of the parties’ charters, but they had, of course,
a note on their colours.
Guillermo Tell Aveledo, 06 Sep 2000
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