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Political party in Chile From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Patriotic Union (Spanish: Unión Patriótica, UPA) was a far-left Chilean political party. It was founded in September 2015 and is led by Eduardo Artés, general secretary of the Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action).[6]
Patriotic Union Unión Patriótica | |
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President | Eduardo Artés |
General Secretary | Luis Aravena Egaña |
Founded | 14 September 2015 |
Legalised | 24 April 2016 |
Dissolved | 3 February 2022 |
Membership (2021) | 33,246[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-left[3][4][5] |
Colors | Red and Blue |
Website | |
http://unionpatriotica.cl/ | |
Legally registered in 2016, it first appeared in the municipal elections of that year. The party obtained 0.32% of the total votes but no candidates were elected to any council.[7]
It was declared as an anti-imperialist, progressive, patriotic and populist party.[8] Its leader has expressed sympathy with the government of North Korea and the government of President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.[9][10]
For the 2017 elections, the party proclaimed Artés as its presidential candidate, where he finished in seventh place in the first round.[11] The party was dissolved in 2018 for failing to get a minimum percentage of the vote. It was reregistered in 2019, but dissolved again in February 2022 after failing to obtain at least 5% of the vote in the 2021 parliamentary elections.[12]
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Patriotic Union. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).
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