Democratic Alliance (Chile, 1983)
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Democratic Alliance
Alianza Democrática |
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| Founded | 6 August 1983 |
| Dissolved | 2 February 1988 |
| Succeeded by | Concertación |
| Headquarters | Santiago, Chile |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-left |
The Democratic Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Democrática, AD) was a Chilean political coalition existing between 1983 and 1988 that was composed of political parties and organisations that opposed the military regime led by Augusto Pinochet.
The origins of the Democratic Alliance date back to March 14, 1983, when a "Democratic Manifesto" was signed by Hugo Zepeda Barrios, Julio Subercaseaux (representing liberal and conservative sectors); Luis Bossay, Duberildo Jaque, Enrique Silva Cimma, Luis Fernando Luengo (representing radicals and social democrats); Gabriel Valdés, Patricio Aylwin (representing the Christian Democrats); Ramón Silva Ulloa, and Julio Hernán Vodanovic Stuardo (representing socialist groups).
On August 6, 1983, in a ceremony held in the Círculo Español de Santiago, it announced the creation of the alliance between the Christian Democratic Party, Social Democracy, Radical, Popular Socialist Union and Republican Right (Republican Party since October 1984) plus other groups that did not sign at the time the Democratic Manifesto, such as the "renovated" sector of the Socialist Party of Chile led by Carlos Briones ("PS Núñez" from 1986) on behalf of the Socialist Bloc and the Liberal Party. In 1987 the Republican and Liberal parties merged to form the Liberal-Republican Union. The left-wing parties and groups not represented in the AD, created the People's Democratic Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Democrático Popular, MDP) in September 1983.
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