Progressive Convergence Explained

Country:Chile
Progressive Convergence
Native Name:Convergencia Progresista
Leader:Heraldo Muñoz
Carlos Maldonado
Álvaro Elizalde
Foundation:8 October 2018
Dissolved:30 September 2020
Predecessor:New Majority
Successor:Constituent Unity
Ideology:Third Way
Factions:
Social democracy
Progressivism
Position:Centre to centre-left
Seats1 Title:Senators
Seats2 Title:Deputies
Seats3 Title:Mayors
Headquarters:Santiago de Chile

Progressive Convergence (Spanish; Castilian: Convergencia Progresista pronounced as /es/, CP) was a political alliance in Chile. The alliance was created on 8 October 2018 and was composed of the Party for Democracy (PPD), the Radical Party (PR) and the Socialist Party (PS).[1]

The alliance was created as a coordination group of Chile's social-democratic and center-left parties after the dissolution of the New Majority coalition, which was defeated in the 2017 general election.[2]

The group Sought to dialogue with other parties and coalitions such as the Communist Party and the Broad Front to oppose Chile Vamos.[3] The alliance was supplanted by the Constituent Unity in 2020.

Composition

The alliance was consisted of the three parties of the former New Majority.[4]

PartySpanishLeader
Party for DemocracyPartido por la DemocraciaHeraldo Muñoz
Social Democrat Radical PartyPartido RadicalCarlos Maldonado
Socialist PartyPartido SocialistaÁlvaro Elizalde

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cooperativa.cl . "Convergencia Progresista": PR, PPD y PS forman nueva alianza política . 9 October 2018 . 5 July 2020. spanish.
  2. Web site: Un proceso complejo pero inevitable tras la derrota: La lenta reconfiguración de la ex Nueva Mayoría . EMOL . 2 April 2018 . 5 July 2020. spanish.
  3. Web site: La silenciosa rearticulación de la ex Nueva Mayoría . La Tercera . 26 May 2018 . 5 July 2020. spanish.
  4. Web site: PS, PPD y Partido Radical crean nuevo bloque "Convergencia Progresista" para liderar centroizquierda . Biobiochile.cl . 5 July 2020 . 8 October 2018. spanish.