Radical Party of Chile (2018)

Radical Party of Chile
Partido Radical de Chile
LeaderCarlos Maldonado
Secretary-GeneralMauricio Andrews
Chief of DeputiesAlexis Sepúlveda
Founded18 August 1994; 30 years ago (1994-08-18) (as Social Democrat Radical Party)
Merger ofRadical Party and Social Democracy Party
HeadquartersMiraflores 495 Santiago
Youth wingJuventud Radical
Membership (2023)26,327 (10th)[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre[2][3] to centre-left[4]
National affiliationEverything for Chile
Democratic Socialism
New Social Pact (2021)
Constituent Unity (2020 to 2021)
Regional affiliationCOPPPAL
International affiliationSocialist International[5]
Colours  Red
Chamber of Deputies
4 / 155
Senate
0 / 50
Regional Councils
12 / 278
Mayors
9 / 345
Communal Councils
171 / 2,252
Website
partidoradical.cl

The Radical Party of Chile (Spanish: Partido Radical de Chile), is a classical radical[6] political party in Chile. The party has also been referred to as liberal,[7] social-liberal,[8][6] and social-democratic.[9]

The party is a member of Socialist International and participant in the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean.

  1. ^ "Total de afiliados a partidos políticos – Servicio Electoral de Chile".
  2. ^ Bizzarro, Salvatore (2005). Historical Dictionary of Chile (Third ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 559.
  3. ^ Lamb, Peter; Docherty, James C. (2006). Historical Dictionary of Socialism (Second ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 314.
  4. ^ Meyer, Peter J. (2010), Chile: Political and Economic Conditions and U. S. Relations, Congressional Research Service, p. 17
  5. ^ "Partidos miembros de la Internacional Socialista" [Member parties of the Socialist International] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  6. ^ a b Fuentes, Daniela Andrea; Jara, María Ovalle; Carpim, Karim Pavez; Pollmann, Sofía (2002). "Análisis del Discurso del Partido Radical Socialdemócrata" [Analysis of the Radical Social Democratic Party Speech] (PDF) (in Spanish).
  7. ^ John L. Rector Ph.D., ed. (2019). The History of Chile, 2nd Edition. ABC-CLIO. p. 23.
  8. ^ Snow, Peter G. "Radicalismo Chileno: Historia y Doctrina del Partido Radical". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23.
  9. ^ Aggio, Alberto (2008). "La Cultura Política del Radicalismo Chileno en clave de la Revolución pasiva" [The Political Culture of Chilean Radicalism in the Key of the Passive Revolution]. Política y culturas políticas en América Latina (in Spanish) (70): 141–168. ISSN 1134-2277. JSTOR 41320072.