Solidary Country Party Partido País Solidario
Leader	Carlos Filizzola Pallarés
Founded	2000
Split from	National Encounter Party
Headquarters	San José street, Asunción, Paraguay
Ideology	Democratic socialism Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Concertación
Regional affiliation	Foro de São Paulo
Chamber of Deputies	1 / 80
Senate	0 / 45
Website
www.paissolidario.org.py
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The Party for a Country of Solidarity (Spanish: Partido País Solidario, PPS) is a political party in Paraguay. It was formed in 2000 when a faction of the National Encounter Party led by Carlos Filizzola broke away to create a new party.

History

The party originated in 1996 as a faction of the National Encounter Party, the Movimiento Participación Amplia, Integración Solidaridad (PAIS).^[1] In 2000 Filizzola, who had been the National Encounter Party's President from April 1996 to March 1999, led the faction out of the National Encounter Party to form the Party for a Country of Solidarity.^[1]

The party first contested national elections in 2003,^[2] when it won two seats in the Chamber of Deputies with 3.3% of the vote. For the 2008 elections it was part of the Patriotic Alliance for Change, which won two seats.