Solidarity is a center-left political party born in 2001 of the split of a group of parliamentarians from the ruling Movement V Republic (MVR) party, the schism was created because a group of parliamentarians opposed the Law Enabling that had been approved by the National Assembly. Solidarity was admitted in 2002 by the National Electoral Council (CNE) as a national political party, becoming a fierce opponent of the government of Hugo Chávez. It uses the blue color as distinctive and the motto Peace and Freedom.
He was led by Alejandro Armas (deceased shortly after), José Luis Farias, Ernesto Alvarenga and Nelson Ventura, all of them represented in the National Assembly, represented the MVR's "wing of the MVR". a small entity only occupying seats for their previous support of said deputies to Chavez, launched the slogan "chavismo without Chavez", which were later used by Chavez's supporters in a pejorative way for the transvestites and supposed fifth-columners in their midst.
Many of the meager Solidarity militants left the party, such as Delsa Solórzano, who moved to Primero Justicia and others to Polo Democratico. Since 2002 they have been part of the opposition coalition of parties and civil associations called the Democratic Coordinator until its dissolution in 2004. The party remained actively in the opposition, lost all their seats in the parliamentary elections of 2005 and supported the candidacy of the opponent Manuel Rosales in the presidential election of December 3, 2006 obtaining 0.13% of the votes, less than 1% necessary to continue being legal party, having to collect signatures to reinscribe in the CNE.
Although it is not a formal member of the Democratic Unity Bureau (MUD), a coalition that groups most opposition parties to Hugo Chávez, Solidaridad has supported most of the candidacies of that alliance.
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