Venezuelan Popular Unity Unidad Popular Venezolana | |
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| Founder | Lina Ron |
| Founded | 6 February 2004 |
| Ideology | Bolivarianism Communism Socialism Anti-imperialism Marxism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Great Patriotic Pole |
| Website | |
| upvsucre.es | |
Venezuelan Popular Unity (Unidad Popular Venezolana) is a left-wing political party in Venezuela.[1] It supported president Hugo Chávez[1] and currently supports his successor Nicolás Maduro.[citation needed] It won one seat in the National Assembly in the 2005 Venezuelan parliamentary election.[1] It merged into the United Socialist Party of Venezuela in 2007[1] but then was reinstated as a party in 2008.[citation needed]
- ^ a b c d Lansford, Tom (2019). Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-5443-2711-2.