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Venezuelan People's Union

Venezuelan People's Union

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The Venezuelan Popular Union (Unión Popular Venezolana, UPV) was a political party in Venezuela. The UPV was built along 'Browderist' pattern.[1] UPV had its roots in the Municipal Union (UM), which had been legalized in 1941 and had functioned as a legal cover for the underground Communist Party of Venezuela.[2] The party was founded on March 13, 1944 through the merger of the Municipal Union of the Federal District, the Zulian Unification League and eleven state-level 'People's Unions'.[2][3] The decision to form UPV as a political party was taken at the Fourth National Conference of the Communist Party of Venezuela.[4]

The UPV was legalized on March 16, 1944.[3] Rodolfo Quintero was the chairman of UPV.[5]

UPV formed an alliance with the followers of Isaías Medina Angarita ahead of the 1944 Caracas municipal elections.[6] The alliance won the election.[6]

UPV was disbanded as the Communist Party was legalized on October 9, 1945.[7]

See also

List of political parties in Venezuela


References

  1. Aportes a la historia del P. C. V. Biblioteca de Documentos Históricos. 1971. p. 92.
  2. Carlos Alarico Gómez (2007). El poder andino: de Cipriano Castro a Medina Angarita. El Nacional. pp. 209–. ISBN 978-980-388-373-7.
  3. Manuel Vicente Magallanes (1973). Los partidos políticos en la evolución histórica venezolana. Editorial Mediterráneo. p. 444. ISBN 9788471561442.
  4. H. Micheal Tarver (25 October 2018). The History of Venezuela, 2nd Edition. ABC-CLIO. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-4408-5774-4.
  5. Elías Pino Iturrieta (27 August 2018). Historia mínima de Venezuela. El Colegio de Mexico AC. p. 178. ISBN 978-607-628-458-2.



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