Radical Cause - Post-split

Post-split

After the 1997 breakaway of a majority of its members to from the Patria Para Todos, La Causa's influence was much diminished. It retained the name Causa R, shed most of its radical ideology, and later went into opposition to the Chávez government. To day it maintains a token presence in various areas of the country, but is strong only in Bolívar state. The party remains strongly opposed to the Chavez government, joining the Coordinadora Democrática in 2002, supporting Manuel Rosales in the 2006 presidential elections, and opposing the 2007 proposed constitutional reform.

At the legislative elections on 30 July 2000, the party won 4 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly of Venezuela. Four years later, it won no seats amid high opposition abstention.

In the Venezuelan regional elections, 2008, held on November 23, Andrés Velásquez narrowly failed in his bid to win the Bolívar State governorship once again, due to splits within the opposition. Causa R's Victor Fuenmayor was elected mayor of the state's second largest city, Ciudad Bolivar, the party's best result in the election. The party earned less than 1% of the nationwide vote for the various governorships.