Patriotic Union (Chile)
Patriotic Union Unión Patriótica | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Eduardo Artés |
| President | Eduardo Artés |
| First Secretary | Valdemar Sanhueza Yevenes |
| Founded | 14 September 2015 |
| Legalised | 24 April 2016 |
| Membership (2017) | 34,340[1] |
| Ideology | Anti-imperialism Marxism–Leninism Progressivism Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colors | Red and Blue |
| Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 120 |
| Senate | 0 / 38 |
| Website | |
| http://unionpatriotica.cl/ | |
Patriotic Union (Spanish: Unión Patriótica, UPA) is a Chilean political party. It was founded in September 2015 and is led by Eduardo Artés, first secretary of the Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action).[2]
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.[3]
It was declared as an anti-imperialist party, progressive, patriotic and populism.[4] Its leader has expressed sympathy with the regime of socialist-juche ideology of North Korea and for the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.[5][6]
For the 2017 elections, the party proclaimed Artés as its presidential candidate.[7]
Presidential candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Patriotic Union. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).
- 2017: Eduardo Artés (lost)
References
- ^ Total afiliados UPA julio 2017
- ^ ADN Radio. "Presidenciable de Unión Patriótica: "Chile como está, va a la bancarrota"" (in Spanish). August 23, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ Servel. "Elecciones de Concejales 2016" (in Spanish). 2016. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ LeyChile. "Extracto escritura de constitución partido político en formación "Unión Patriótica"" (in Spanish). October 2, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ La Segunda. "Eduardo Artés, el chileno que defiende a Corea del Norte "en guerra" con EE.UU. y Seúl" (in Spanish). April 1, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ BiobioChile. "Eduardo Artés, candidato presidencial: Corea del Norte es una democracia popular" (in Spanish). August 24, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ 24 Horas. "Eduardo Artés inscribe candidatura presidencial por el partido Unión Patriótica de Chile" (in Spanish). August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
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External links
- Unión Patriótica (Chile) (in Spanish)