Venezuelan Popular Unity Explained

Country:Venezuela
Venezuelan Popular Unity
Native Name:Unidad Popular Venezolana
Leader:Lina Ron
Foundation:6 February 2004
Ideology:Bolivarianism
Communism
Socialism
Anti-imperialism
Marxism
Position:Left-wing
National: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 and currently supports his successor Nicolás Maduro. It won one seat in the National Assembly in the 2005 Venezuelan parliamentary election. It merged into the United Socialist Party of Venezuela in 2007 but then was reinstated as a party in 2008.

References

  1. Book: Lansford, Tom. Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019. 2019. CQ Press. 978-1-5443-2711-2. en.