Alliance for Chile

Joaquín Lavín, leader of Independent Democratic Union

Sebastián Piñera, leader of National Renewal

The Alliance for Chile (Spanish: Alianza por Chile), also known as La Alianza (Spanish: The Alliance), is a coalition of right-wing Chilean political parties. It includes the National Renewal (Renovación Nacional, RN) and the Independent Democratic Union (Unión Democrática Independiente, UDI). In the past it has included the regional Party of the South (Partido del Sur) and the Progressive Union of the Centrist Center (Unión de Centro Centro Progresista, UCCP), both of which are now defunct.

Major leaders of the Alliance have included Jovino Novoa (UDI), Pablo Longueira (UDI), Jaime Guzmán (UDI), Joaquín Lavín (UDI), Sebastián Piñera (RN), Lily Pérez (RN), Andrés Allamand (RN), Sergio Onofre (RN), and Sergio Romero (RN).

The Alliance is the only major opposition to the incumbent government with representation in Congress. They are considered right-wing in many aspects, especially the economy, but as its current name expresses, they have taken a broader approach: concentrating efforts in the middle class and poor, gaining electoral victories in districts formerly thought to be very strong supporters of the Concertación, but keeping most of the votes in the districts traditionally associated with them in the northeast of Santiago, which are considered as upper class.

The UDI's intention was to nominate only one candidate for the election and there was a fierce debate when RN nominated its own candidate. However, the leadership of the two parties agreed to support the other's candidate if the election proceeded to a runoff.

The alliance has existed since 1989, under different names. Before 2000, it went by the following names:

• Democracia y Progreso (Democracy and Progress) (1989-1992)
• Participación y Progreso (Participation and Progress) (1992-1993)
• Unión por el Progreso (Union for the Progress) (1993-1996)
• Unión por Chile (Union for Chile) (1996-2000)

Electoral results

See also

• List of political parties in Chile

External links

• Unión Demócrata Independiente (Independent Democratic Union)
  • Nuevas Generaciones UDI (UDI New Generations)
  • Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo UDI (Freedom and Development Institute UDI)
• Renovación Nacional (National Renewal)
  • Juventud Lavinista Renovación Nacional (Lavinist youth National Renewal)
  • Juventud Piñerista Renovación Nacional (Piñerist youth National Renewal)
  • Instituto Libertad RN (Freedom Institute RN)

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