Editing Independent Democratic Union (section)

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{{Infobox political party
| country          = Chile
| founder          = [[Jaime Guzmán]]
| name             = Independent Democratic Union
| native_name      = Unión Demócrata Independiente
| logo             = UDI 2017.svg
| logo_size        = 200px
| colorcode        = {{party color|Independent Democratic Union}}
| leader           = [[Evelyn Matthei]]
| president        = [[Guillermo Ramírez Diez|Guillermo Ramírez]]
| secretary_general = [[Juan Antonio Coloma Álamos|Juan Antonio Coloma]]
| leader3_title    = Chief of Deputies
| leader3_name     = Gustavo Benavente
| leader4_title    = Chief of Senators
| leader4_name     = [[Luz Ebensperger]]
| foundation       = September 24, 1983
| membership_year  = 2023
| membership       = 34,121 <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.servel.cl/centro-de-datos/estadisticas-de-datos-abiertos-4zg/estadisticas-de-partidos-politicos/total-de-afiliados-a-partidos-politicos/ | title=Total de afiliados a partidos políticos – Servicio Electoral de Chile }}</ref>
| ideology         = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
 |[[Conservatism]]<ref name="Middlebrook 2000 34">{{Citation |first=Kevin J. |last=Middlebrook |title=Conservative parties, the right, and democracy in Latin America |publisher=JHU Press |year=2000 |page=34 |isbn=9780801863868 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LemGCOnDu6sC&pg=PA31 |access-date=11 January 2012}}</ref><ref name="Kirby">{{Citation |first=Peadar |last=Kirby |title=Introduction to Latin America: Twenty-first century challenges |publisher=SAGE |year=2003 |page=157 |isbn=9780761973737 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kEN3n44WLQ8C&pg=PA157 |access-date=11 January 2012}}</ref>
 |[[Christian right]]<ref name="Kirby"/>
 |[[Economic liberalism]]<ref name="Kirby"/>
 |[[Anti-communism]]<ref>{{Citation |first=Kevin J. |last=Middlebrook |title=''Conservative parties, the right, and democracy in Latin America'' |work=JHU Press |year=2000 |page=34 |isbn=9780801863868 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LemGCOnDu6sC&q=independent+democrat+union+conservative&pg=PA31 |access-date=January 11, 2012}}<br /></ref>
}}
| position         = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]{{cref|A|}}<ref name="Middlebrook 2000 54">{{Citation |first=Kevin J. |last=Middlebrook |title=Conservative parties, the right, and democracy in Latin America |publisher=JHU Press |year=2000 |page=54 |isbn=9780801863868 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LemGCOnDu6sC&pg=PA31 |access-date=11 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |first=Martin |last=Nilsson |title=The Left in Government |work=Latin American Democracy: Emerging Reality or Endangered Species? |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2009 |page=274 |isbn=9780203884188 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NnZPdGpl7uQC&pg=PA153 |access-date=11 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-protests/chile-prosecutor-seeks-to-investigate-claims-of-police-torture-of-protesters-idUSKBN1XG2A9 |title=Chile prosecutor seeks to investigate claims of police torture of protesters |date=6 November 2019 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |access-date=19 February 2020 |quote=Vandals also attacked the offices of the right-wing Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party several blocks from the Costanera center.}}</ref>
| international    = [[International Democracy Union]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idu.org/members/|title=Members &#124; International Democracy Union|date=1 February 2018}}</ref>
| affiliation1_title = Regional affiliation
| affiliation1     = [[Union of Latin American Parties]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uplalatinoamerica.org/partidos-miembros/|title=Partidos Miembros|access-date=2020-07-06|archive-date=2022-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331204506/http://uplalatinoamerica.org/partidos-miembros/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| national         = [[Chile Vamos]]
| colours          = [[Blue]], [[White]] and [[Yellow]]
| headquarters     = Suecia 286, [[Providencia, Chile|Providencia]], [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago de Chile]]
| youth_wing       = Nuevas Generaciones UDI
| website          = [http://www.udi.cl/ http://www.udi.cl/]
| seats1_title     = [[Chamber of Deputies of Chile|Chamber of Deputies]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|22|155|hex={{party color|Independent Democratic Union}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[Senate of Chile|Senate]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|9|50|hex={{party color|Independent Democratic Union}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[Regions of Chile|Regional boards]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|37|302|hex={{party color|Independent Democratic Union}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Communes of Chile|Mayors]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|22|345|hex={{party color|Independent Democratic Union}}}}
| seats5_title     = [[Communes of Chile|Communal Councils]]
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|173|2252|hex={{party color|Independent Democratic Union}}}}
| footnotes        = {{cnote|A|The party has also been described as [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]<ref>{{Citation |last1=Alvántara Sáez|first1=Manuel|last2=Freidenberg|first2=Flavia|title=Partidos políticos de América Latina. Cono Sur|date=January 2001 |publisher=Universidad de Salamanca |isbn=978-84-7800-836-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B5wVIM1f29oC&pg=PA335 }}</ref> and [[Far-right politics|far-right]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/as-protests-rock-chile-the-people-consider-rewriting-pinochets-constitution|title=As Protests Rock Chile, the People Consider Rewriting Pinochet's Constitution|quote=The amendment passed, and, nine days later, after teaching a class on constitutional law at the Catholic University, Guzmán was driving to the offices of the '''far-right Independent Democratic Union''', a party he founded after drafting the constitution, when two men reportedly belonging to a left-wing guerrilla group approached his car and shot him in the chest.|date=10 December 2019|access-date=18 February 2020|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]}}</ref>}}
}}
The '''Independent Democratic Union''' (''Unión Demócrata Independiente'', '''UDI''') is a [[Conservatism|conservative]]<ref name="Middlebrook 2000 34"/> and [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]<ref name="Middlebrook 2000 54"/> [[political party]] in [[Chile]], founded in 1983. Its founder was the lawyer, politician, law professor and senator [[Jaime Guzmán]], a civilian allied with [[Augusto Pinochet]].

Its ideological origins date back to Guzmán's [[Gremialismo|Guildist Movement]], born out of the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Chile]] in 1966, espousing the independence and depoliticization of intermediate bodies of civil society. The UDI is today a conservative political party with strong links to the [[Opus Dei]], that opposes abortion in nearly all or all cases.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.t13.cl/noticia/politica/udi-pide-pinera-eliminar-causal-riesgo-vida-madre-despenalizacion-del-aborto|title=Chilean TV channel 13 news UDI against abortion|date=18 October 2017 }}</ref>

UDI has for most of its history formed coalitions with [[National Renewal (Chile)|National Renewal]] (RN) and other minor movements under different names such as; Participación y Progreso (1992), Unión por el Progreso de Chile (1993), [[Alliance for Chile]] (1999–2009, 2013), [[Coalition for Change (Chile)|Coalition for Change]] (2009–2012) and [[Chile Vamos]] (2015–present). UDI was the largest political party in [[National Congress of Chile|Congress]] between 2010 and 2014. The party has been part of the government coalition twice, from 2010 to 2014 and 2018 to 2022.

The party has [[Liberal conservatism|liberal-conservative]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Jovino Novoa: La influyente trayectoria del hombre que tomó las riendas de la UDI tras el asesinato de Guzmán|url=https://www.ex-ante.cl/jovino-novoa-la-influyente-trayectoria-del-hombre-que-tomo-las-riendas-de-la-udi-tras-el-asesinato-de-guzman/|newspaper=Ex-Ante|date=1 June 2021|accessdate=6 June 2021|language=Spanish}}</ref> and [[Social conservatism|social-conservative]] factions.<ref name="Jovinistas">{{cite web|title=Ex jefa de prensa denunció "machismo, clasismo y racismo" en la UDI|url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/politica/udi/ex-jefa-de-prensa-denuncio-machismo-clasismo-y-racismo-en-la-udi/2015-07-27/180555.html|publisher=[[Radio Cooperativa]]|date=27 July 2015|accessdate=3 June 2021|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref name="THC">{{cite news|title=Cinco episodios en la ruta de Jovino Novoa: el ocaso de un histórico de la UDI|url=https://www.theclinic.cl/2021/06/01/cinco-episodios-en-la-ruta-de-jovino-novoa-el-ocaso-de-un-historico-de-la-udi/|newspaper=[[The Clinic (newspaper)|The Clinic]]|date=1 June 2021|accessdate=3 June 2021|language=Spanish|last1=Ganora |first1=Emmanuel }}</ref> The social-conservative faction is characterised by its political work in poor sectors,<ref name="Jovinistas"/> while the liberal-conservative faction is characterised by its connections to Chile's business class,<ref name="Jovinistas"/> its links to think tanks such as [[Libertad y Desarrollo]] (LyD),<ref name="THC"/> and its training of young political leaders, often students from the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Chile]] (PUC)<ref name="Jovinistas"/> such as [[Jaime Bellolio]] or [[Javier Macaya]].<ref name="Jovinistas"/>