United We Can Explained

Country:Costa Rica
Flag:File:Bandera Partido Unidos Podemos CR.svg
United We Can
Native Name:Unidos Podemos
President:Natalia Diaz
Secretary General:José Alberto Grillo Rosanía
Foundation:28 November 2018
Ideology:Classical liberalism
Position:Centre-right to right-wing
Colours:Purple and Orange
Seats1 Title:Legislative Assembly
Seats2 Title:Mayors
Seats3 Title:Alderpeople
Seats4 Title:Syndics
Seats5 Title:District councillors
Seats6 Title:Intendants

United We Can (Spanish; Castilian: Unidos Podemos) is a Costa Rican classical liberal political party founded by the former deputy and former Libertarian Movement member Natalia Díaz Quintana.[1] [2] The party culminated its process of cantonal and provincial assemblies in November 2018 allowing it to participate in the 2020 Costa Rican municipal elections.[3] [4]

The party was founded by Díaz, who was deputy for the 2014-2018 period from Otto Guevara's Libertarian Movement. She would face Guevara in the party's first primary election, the National Libertarian Convention of 2017. Diaz lost with only a 10% gap. Díaz would not support Guevara as a candidate in the 2018 general election and would in fact give her adhesion to PNL nominee Antonio Álvarez Desanti. She started the creation of the party shortly after the presidential run ended, concluding it in November 2018.[5]

As of 2018, the party began talks with other political forces such as New Generation, the Christian Democratic Alliance, Costa Rican Renewal, the Social Christian Republican Party, the Libertarian Movement and a faction of the Social Christian Unity Party to negotiate a right-wing coalition for the 2022 election; however, the talks stalled.[6]

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Parliamentary

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Notes and References

  1. News: Alfaro. Josué. Natalia Díaz intentará impulsar un nuevo partido liberal, aunque "menos radical". 29 October 2018. Semanario Universidad. 24 May 2018.
  2. News: Unidos Podemos, el partido municipal con el que exdiputada libertaria vuelve a la política. 20 December 2018. El País. 22 October 2018.
  3. News: Pérez. Karla. Partido Unidos Podemos completó asambleas cantonales y provinciales para inscribirse ante TSE. 20 December 2018. Mundo. 19 November 2018.
  4. News: Pérez. Karla. Unidos Podemos culmina hoy oficialmente su inscripción como partido nacional. 20 December 2018. Mundo. 25 November 2018.
  5. Web site: Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. 507 - DRPP - 201 8. 20 December 2018.
  6. News: Ruiz. Gerardo. Partidos conservadores preparan una coalición electoral. 18 December 2018. CRHoy. 18 December 2018.