Patriotic Union (Chile)
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Patriotic Union
Unión Patriótica |
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| Leader | Eduardo Artés |
| President | Eduardo Artés |
| First Secretary | Valdemar Sanhueza Yevenes |
| Founded | September 14, 2015 |
| Legalised | April 24, 2016 |
| Membership (2017) | 34.340 |
| Ideology |
Anti-imperialism Progressivism Anti-revisionism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colors | Red and Blue |
| Chamber of Deputies |
0 / 120
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| Senate |
0 / 38
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| Website | |
| http://unionpatriotica.cl/ | |
Patriotic Union (Spanish: Unión Patriótica, UPA) is a Chilean left-wing political party. It was founded in September 2015 and is led by Eduardo Artés, first secretary of the Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action).
Legally registered in 2016, it first appeared in the municipal elections of that year. Reaching 0.32% of the votes, did not get the election of a councilman.
It is declared as an anti-imperialist party, progressive, patriotic and popular. Its leader has expressed sympathy with the regime of socialist-juche ideology of North Korea and for the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.
For the 2017 elections, the party proclaimed Artés as its presidential candidate.
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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