Guillermo Viviani Contreras was a

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. In the 1920s Viviani ran two organizations; a

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called El Surco whose objective was to fight for legislation that was favorably to the

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promoting in the way the formation of labour unions and "La casa del pueblo" which sought to advocate syndicalism and some Christian teachings.

Clotario Blest Clotario Leopoldo Blest Riffo (; 17 November 1899 – 31 May 1990) was a Chilean social activist and labor union leader. Blest was one of the founders of Agrupación Nacional de Empleados Fiscales (ANEF), Central Única de Trabajadores (CUT), Re ...

was for a time member of both organizations. Viviani was a supporter of the Catholic political party Partido Popular. Viviani was for a time

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at the

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