ABSTRACT

Centre-left party, f. 1994 as a vehicle for the presidential candidacy of Alejandro Toledo. PP contested the 1995 elections in coalition with Coordinación Democrática, but ran on its own in 2000.

Leadership: Alejandro Toledo (Leader), Luis Solari (Sec.-Gen.) Address: Avda Faustino Sánchez Carrión, Lima Telephone: (1) 423-8723

State-owned corporation, f. 1953 to control the production of petroleum in Brazil. It controls distribution of all petroleum products through its subsidiary, Petrobrás Distribuidora, SA, and controls 27 affiliated companies and four subsidiaries engaged in the manufacture of petrochemicals though another subsidiary, Petrobrás Química, SA (PETROQUISA).