Radical Cause

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The Radical Cause La Causa Radical
Leader	Andrés Velásquez
President	José Ignacio Guédez
Mayor of Ciudad Bolivar	Victor Fuenmayor
Founded	1971 (1971)
Ideology	Democratic socialism Labourism Radicalism
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Unitary Platform
Colors	Blue and yellow
Seats in the National Assembly	0 / 277
Seats in the Latin American Parliament	0 / 12
Governors of States of Venezuela	0 / 23
Mayors	2 / 337
Website
lacausarbolivar.com
Politics of Venezuela Political parties Elections

The Radical Cause (Spanish: La Causa Radical, LCR), stylized as La Causa Я, is a minor left-wing political party in Venezuela, and today part of the Venezuelan opposition to president Nicolás Maduro.

At its peak in the early 1990s, the party came within touching distance of winning the 1993 presidential elections. However, the party split in 1997 when a number of members left to form Patria Para Todos, now part of the pro-government Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) electoral alliance. LCR has now lost much of its national profile, but retains some influence in its home region of Guayana.