Free Peru Perú Libre | |
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Abbreviation | PL |
General Secretary | Vladimir Cerrón |
Parliamentary spokesperson | Waldemar Cerrón |
Founded | 13 August 2008 |
Registered | 15 January 2016 |
Headquarters | Huancayo, Junín Breña, Lima |
Membership (2020) | 5,204 |
Ideology | |
Political position | Left-wing[3] to far-left[4] |
Regional affiliation | São Paulo Forum |
Colours | Red |
Slogan | ¡No más pobres en un país rico![5] ('No more poor in a rich country!') |
Congress | 11 / 130 |
Governorships | 0 / 25 |
Regional Councillors | 5 / 274 |
Province Mayorships | 3 / 196 |
District Mayorships | 73 / 1,874 |
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Website | |
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Free Peru (Spanish: Perú Libre), officially the Free Peru National Political Party (Spanish: Partido Político Nacional Perú Libre), is a Marxist political party in Peru. Founded in 2008 as the Free Peru Political Regional Movement, the party was officially constituted as a national organization in February 2012 by the name of Libertarian Peru. It was registered as a political party in January 2016 and adopted its current name, Free Peru, in January 2019.[6] Its presidential candidate Pedro Castillo won the 2021 Peruvian general election against Popular Force nominee Keiko Fujimori. Free Peru has the second most seats in the Congress of Peru, with 22 out of 130 total representatives;[7] however, its opposition continued to rule Congress after forming a larger alliance of seats led by the Popular Action party.[8][9] Free Peru is a participant in the São Paulo Forum, an annual conference of leftist parties in the Americas.[10]