Editing Popular Unity (Chile) (section)

==History==
Successor to the [[FRAP (Chile)|FRAP]] coalition, Popular Unity originally comprised most of the Chilean [[left-wing politics|Left]]: the [[Socialist Party of Chile|Socialist Party]], the [[Communist Party of Chile|Communist Party]], the [[Radical Party (Chile)|Radical Party]], the [[Social Democrat Party (Chile)|Social Democrat Party]], the [[Independent Popular Action]] and [[MAPU]] (''Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitario''). They were later joined in 1971 by the [[Christian Left Party of Chile|Christian Left]] and in 1972 by the [[MAPU Obrero Campesino]] (a splinter group). UP also initially included the moderate [[Party of Social Democracy (Chile)|Party of the Radical Left]], but in 1972 it joined the opposition (inside the [[Confederation of Democracy]]).

UP's leader, [[Salvador Allende]], was a [[Marxism|Marxist]] who co-founded Chile's Socialist Party. His slight plurality in the election resulted in his confirmation as president by the [[National Congress of Chile]]. The loose and conditional support from the [[Christian-Democratic Party of Chile|Christian Democratic Party]] that made this confirmation possible soon disintegrated, as did [[centrism]] of any viable kind in an atmosphere of increasing [[political polarization]]. The [[Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile)|Revolutionary Left Movement]] clashed with the conservative and establishment forces, while armed [[right-wing]] elements plotted to destabilize the government with support from the [[Nixon administration]]. The Unidad Popular coalition itself experienced political conflicts. Generally, the Communist Party, the Radical Party and later MAPU/OC advocated more cautious policies, whereas a part of the Socialist Party supported more radical changes and was often supported by MAPU and Christian Left.<ref>Kenneth M. Roberts, [https://books.google.com/books?id=j8XbzmFJGtkC&dq=%22the+electoral+coalition+incorporated%22&pg=PA301 Deepening democracy?: the modern left and social movements in Chile and Peru],  p.301</ref><ref>Simon Collier, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Lx8iIxafDVYC&dq=%22within+a+few+weeks+they+decided+to+create%22&pg=PA325 A History of Chile, 1808-1994]</ref>

The '''Pact of Popular Unity''' ([http://www.salvador-allende.cl/Unidad_Popular/Pacto%20de%20la%20UP.pdf Pacto de la Unidad Popular]) was signed on 26 December 1969 in Santiago by following representatives of political parties:

* [[Luis Corvalán]], General Secretary of the Communist Party
* Aniceto Rodríguez, General Secretary of the Socialist Party
* Carlos Morales, President of the Radical Party
* Esteban Leyton, General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party
* Jaime Gazmuri, General Secretary of the Popular Unitary Action Movement
* Alfonso David Lebón, President of the Independent Popular Action

In August 1973 the Christian Democrats cooperated with the right-wing [[National Party (Chile, 1966)|National Party]] in the congressional protest that set the stage for the [[Chilean coup of 1973]], the effective end of the UP government and —for 17 years— of democracy in Chile.