Radical Party (RRG)

The Radical Party was the main political party of the second half of the 19th century. Founded as a left-wing party that aimed to radically reform the country's elitist political system, the party would gain power after the 1851 military coup d'état that would bring on the liberal 1851 Constitution, which was drafted by the members of the Radical Party.

The party that began as a revolutionary organization with the goal of establishing a democratic republic would gradually shift towards the center-right of the political spectrum as it aligned itself with the interests of the country's rich and powerful, becoming the new party for the landowners and the Catholic Church. The lack of anticipated reforms following the declaration of the Second Republic led to the creation of new groups that sought to continue the transformation of the country. This disappointment of liberals in the Radical Party would eventually come to a boiling point when various conspiracies united and executed yet another military coup in 1868, in the aftermath of which the Radical Party was dissolved.