The National Action Movement (Spanish: Movimiento de Acción Nacional or MAN) is a defunct Venezuelan political party.
History The MAN was established by the right-wing journalist Germán Borregales in 1960.Charles D. Ameringer, Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992, p. 623 It was very much a personal party of Borregales, reflecting his beliefs and having little existence outside of its leader.Kevin J. Middlebrook, Conservative Parties, the Right, and Democracy in Latin America, JHU Press, 2000, pp. 115-116 Both the party and its leader have been characterised as far right.Robert Jackson Alexander, Latin American political parties, Praeger, 1973, p. 210
The party contested the 1963 general election but did not elect any candidates.Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, pp. 555-556, 580 In 1968 the group contested both the general and Presidential elections, with Borregales their candidate for the Presidency. Although he came bottom of the poll with 0.3% of the vote the party did manage to have a member elected to the Chamber of the National Assembly. This seat was occupied by Borregales himself. They contested both elections again in 1973 and, whilst Borregales's vote share fell to 0.2%, he finished ahead of three other candidates. However the National Assembly seat was lost. During each presidential campaign Borregales campaigned only sporadically and focused most of his attention on the Assembly seat.Robert Jackson Alexander, Rómulo Betancourt and the Transformation of Venezuela, Transaction Publishers, p. 574 The party contested no further elections.
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