Popular Unitary Action Movement
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Popular Unitary Action Movement
Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitaria |
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| Leader |
Historical Leaders Jacques Chonchol Rodrigo Ambrosio Eduardo Aquevedo Kalki Glauser Óscar Guillermo Garretón |
| Founded | May 19, 1969 |
| Dissolved | June 8, 1994 |
| Split from | Christian Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Santiago de Chile |
| Ideology |
Liberation theology Socialism Marxism Democratic socialism |
| National affiliation |
Popular Unity (1969-1973) People's Democratic Movement (1983-1987) |
| Website | |
| MAPU Memorial Website | |
The Popular Unitary Action Movement or MAPU (Spanish: Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitario) was a small leftist political party in Chile. It was part of the Popular Unity coalition during the government of Salvador Allende. MAPU was repressed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. In this period, some of its most radical members formed the Movimiento Juvenil Lautaro, whose leaders were political prisoners during the dictatorship and with the return to democracy. Another faction of the former members of the party joined the social democratic Party for Democracy in 1987.
MAPU was first formed as a splinter group of the Christian Democrat Party of Chile on May 19, 1969. At the time, Christian Democrats were in the government and many party members, especially among the youth, became critical of the party's policies that they regarded as pro-American and pro-imperialist. It joined the Unidad Popular coalition of Salvador Allende and participated in his government. The party's ideological line was not clearly defined at first. In fact, the party leaders were encouraged by Allende and Fidel Castro (whom the MAPU delegation met in 1972 when visiting Cuba) not to embrace Marxism officially, since there were such parties in Chile already, and the Unidad Popular coalition wished to claim a Christian Left niche, too (the newly founded Izquierda Cristiana was considered too small).
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