Popular Democratic Unity Explained

Popular Democratic Unity
Native Name:Unidad Democrática Popular
Colorcode:Red
Foundation:1977
Ideology:Communism
Factions:
Marxism
Guevarism
Country:Peru
Abbreviation:UDP
Dissolved:1980s?
Position:Far-left
National:VR
PCR
MIR
IU (1980s)

Popular Democratic Unity (in Spanish: Unidad Democrática Popular), was a political front in Peru founded in 1977 by Revolutionary Vanguard, Revolutionary Communist Party and Revolutionary Left Movement. UDP contested the 1978 and 1980 elections. In the 1980 and 1983 municipal elections, UDP took part in IU lists.