Popular Unitary Action Movement (MAPU)

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The Popular Unitary Action Movement (MAPU) was a left-wing Chilean political party that emerged from a split in the Christian Democratic Party and became a key ally of Salvador Allende’s Popular Unity coalition before later participating in opposition to the Pinochet dictatorship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party
activeDuring Presidency of Salvador Allende
aimedFor structural reforms in Chile
alignedWith Popular Unity parties
alliedWith Salvador Allende
bannedBy military junta of Chile
bannedIn 1973
country Chile
dissolved 1980s
experienced internal ideological divisions
founded 1969
foundedBy former members of the Christian Democratic Party of Chile
hasPart MAPU Obrero Campesino
hasPoliticalLine anti-capitalism
anti-imperialism
headquartersLocation Santiago, Chile
linked to: Santiago (Chile)
ideology Marxism
socialism
influencedBy Christian socialism
Latin American left
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
nativeLabel Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitario
notableFor participation in resistance to the Pinochet dictatorship
role in Popular Unity government
operatedDuring Cold War
opposedTo Augusto Pinochet
Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)
originatedFrom Christian Democratic Party of Chile
participatedIn 1970 Chilean presidential campaign
Popular Unity coalition government
opposition to the Pinochet regime
partOf Popular Unity
politicalOrientation Christian left
politicalPosition left-wing
region Latin America
represented peasants
students
workers
shortName MAPU
splitFrom Christian Democratic Party of Chile
supportedCandidate Salvador Allende in the 1970 Chilean presidential election
supportedPolicy agrarian reform in Chile
nationalization of key industries in Chile
typeOfOrganization mass political organization

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Chilean opposition to the dictatorship notablePoliticalParties Popular Unitary Action Movement (MAPU)
Popular Unitary Action Movement hasPart MAPU Obrero Campesino
linked to: Popular Unitary Action Movement (MAPU)