Patriotic Union (Chile)

Political party in Chile

Patriotic Union

Unión Patriótica

President| Eduardo Artés
General Secretary| Luis Aravena Egaña
Founded| 14 September 2015 (2015-09-14)
Legalised| 24 April 2016 (2016-04-24)
Dissolved| 3 February 2022 (2022-02-03)
Membership (2021)| 33,246[1]
Ideology|

* Communism
* Marxism–Leninism
* Stalinism[2]
* Anti-revisionism
* Socialist patriotism
* Anti-Zionism
* Anti-imperialism

Political position| Far-left[3][4][5]
Colors|  Red and Blue
Website
http://unionpatriotica.cl/

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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]

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]

## Presidential candidates

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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)
* 2021: Eduardo Artés (lost)

## References

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1. ^ "Total afiliados actualizados por partidos políticos". Servicio Electoral de Chile (in Spanish). October 31, 2021. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
2. ^ "La suerte está echada: Nueve candidatos competirán por la Presidencia de Chile en noviembre". Cooperativa.cl.
3. ^ Roberto Bruna Henríquez (16 December 2021). "Yo no voto, me organizo: una radiografía a la ultraizquierda chilena". El Mostrador (in Spanish).
4. ^ Leonardo Estradé-Brancoli (27 February 2020). "Antecedente Histórico-Ideológico, su Ubicación y Adhesión por parte de los partidos Políticos Chilenos". p. 9.
5. ^ Noticias, C. H. V. "Elección de constituyentes: Mira acá cuáles son la posiciones ideológicas de las 70 listas". CHV Noticias. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
6. ^ ADN Radio. "Presidenciable de Unión Patriótica: "Chile como está, va a la bancarrota"" (in Spanish). August 23, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
7. ^ Servel. "Elecciones de Concejales 2016" (in Spanish). 2016. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
8. ^ LeyChile. "Extracto escritura de constitución partido político en formación "Unión Patriótica"" (in Spanish). October 2, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
9. ^ 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.
10. ^ BiobioChile (24 August 2017). "Eduardo Artés, candidato presidencial: Corea del Norte es una democracia popular" (in Spanish). August 24, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
11. ^ 24 Horas (4 August 2017). "Eduardo Artés inscribe candidatura presidencial por el partido Unión Patriótica de Chile" (in Spanish). August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
12. ^ T13 (7 February 2022). "Los 12 partidos que fueron disueltos por el Servel tras la última elección". Teletrece. Retrieved 2022-04-17.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

## External links

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Political parties in Chile

Chamber of Deputies|

* National Renewal1 (23)
* Independent Democratic Union1 (23)
* Broad Front3 (20)
* Socialist Party of Chile2 (13)
* Republican Party (12)
* Communist Party of Chile3 (12)
* Party for Democracy2 (9)
* Christian Social Party (6)
* Christian Democratic Party (5)
* Liberal Party of Chile2 (5)
* Political Evolution1 (4)
* Democrats (4)
* Radical Party of Chile2 (3)
* Party of the People (3)
* Humanist Action3 (2)
* Green Ecologist Party (1)
* Social Green Regionalist Federation1 (1)
* Amarillos por Chile (1)
* Humanist Party (1)
* Independents
* Apruebo Dignidad3 (1)
* Out of pact (8)

Senate|

* National Renewal1 (11)
* Independent Democratic Union1 (9)
* Socialist Party of Chile2 (7)
* Party for Democracy2 (6)
* Christian Democratic Party (3)
* Christian Social Party (3)
* Political Evolution1 (3)
* Communist Party of Chile3 (2)
* Democrats (2)
* Republican Party (1)
* Social Green Regionalist Federation3 (1)
* Broad Front3 (1)
* Independents
* Apruebo Dignidad3 (1)
* Out of pact (2)

Unrepresented|

* Equality Party
* Common Sense
* People's Party
* Popular Green Alliance Party
* Progressive Homeland

Political coalitions|

* Chile Vamos
* Democratic Socialism
* Apruebo Dignidad (Broad Front
* Chile Digno)

Notes:123Numbers denote party membership of Political Coalitions, 1 is for Chile Vamos, 2 is for the Democratic Socialism, 3 is for the Apruebo Dignidad (defunct).

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