The wide front ( Spanish Frente Amplio or FA ) is the left - wing political coalition in Uruguay , uniting a wide range of political parties, mostly social-democratic , from communists , former Tupamaros fighters (“Popular Participation Movement”) and small Trotskyist organizations to Christian democrats . The “Wide Front” is led by Jorge Browetto. The coalition has close ties with the union movement of the country, in particular, with the PIT-CNT union.
| Wide front | |
|---|---|
| Spanish Frente amplio | |
 | |
| Leader | Jorge Browetto |
| Established | 02/05/1971 |
| Headquarters | Montevideo |
| Ideology | socialism (various directions) |
| International | COPPPAL . [1] Sao Paulo Forum , Socialist International Progressive Alliance |
| House seats | 50/99 |
| Senate seats in Uruguay | 16/30 |
| Site | frenteamplio.org.uy |
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History
The wide front arose as a union of more than a dozen parties in 1971 under the leadership of General Lieber Serenyi . Right-wing political forces viewed this coalition as legal cover for Tupamaros and subjected the DAN to death squads and terror. Under the conditions of the military dictatorship, from 1973 to 1984 , the front was underground and fought for democratization.
After the general elections of 2004 and 2009, the Wide Front is in power in Uruguay. The candidates for the post of president of the country were Tabare Vázquez in 2004 and 2014 and Jose Mujika in 2009, and in the parliamentary elections, the front gained 51.7% (2004) and 47.49% ( 2009 ) of the vote, delegating 52 and 50 (out of a total of 99) deputies, respectively.
In the general election, the Wide Front won 50 seats in the National Council and 14 seats in the Senate (of which: List 711 - 3; Space 609, including the Popular Participation Movement - 6; Communists - 1; FLS - 3; Space 90, including the Socialist Party - 2 ; Big deal - 1).
Composition
The coalition includes the following movements:
- Uruguay Assembly ( Spanish: Asamblea Uruguay )
- Socialist Party of Uruguay ( Spanish: Partido Socialista del Uruguay
- Communist Party of Uruguay ( Spanish: Partido Comunista del Uruguay )
- Current 78 ( Corriente 78 )
- New Space ( Spanish Nuevo Espacio )
- Artists' Current ( Spanish: Vertiente Artiguista )
- Popular Movement ( Spanish: Movimiento de Participación Popular )
- Uruguay Christian Democratic Party ( Spanish: Partido Demócrata Cristiano del Uruguay )
- Party of Communes ( Spanish: Partido de los Comunes )
- Unification for a wide front ( Spanish Confluencia Frenteamplio )
- Progressive Alliance ( Spanish: Alianza Progresista )
- Party of the Victory of the People ( Spanish: Partido por la Victoria del Pueblo )
- Left stream ( Spanish: Corriente de Izquierda )
- Socialist Workers Party - Fourth International ( Spanish: Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores-IV Internacional )
- Workers' Revolutionary Party (Trotskyist- Posadist ) ( Spanish: Partido Obrero Revolucionario [Trotskista-Posadista] )
- March 26th Movement ( Spanish: Movimiento 26 de Marzo )
Based on the results of internal party elections, the largest influence in the Wide Front is enjoyed by Senator Lucia Topolanski, the wife of incumbent President Jose Mukhiki, the Popular Participation Movement (33.18% for 2004) and the Socialist Party (17.68%). The moderate front wing is united into the Progressive Alliance, which since 2009 has been included in its turn in the Lieber Front of Serenyi.
Notes
- ↑ COPPPAL.org: Países y partidos miembros Archived October 23, 2016. (Spanish)