The MAS Region (), known until 2014 as Broad Social Movement (, MAS) was a

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political party founded by Alejandro Navarro in 2008. The party was created as a political movement in 2008, by Senator Alejandro Navarro, after the then member of the

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(PS) began to feel poorly represented both by his party (which was then headed by Camilo Escalona) as the Concertacion, political coalition that owns the PS. The party is inspired by the

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. In 2009, after a failed presidential campaign, Navarro and the MAS members offer support to candidate Marco Enríquez-Ominami. For the presidential election of 2013, however, announced it will support

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(PS), representative of the former Concertacion. Currently participating in the electoral coalition

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. Some members did not support this decision and formed the United Left. In 2014 it merged with the Northern Force Party, led by the mayor of

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, Jorge Soria, to form MAS Region. In 2016, Senator Navarro resigned the party and the

to form the new País party. In 2018, MAS Region merged with Citizen Left to become MAS Citizen Left.

Presidential candidates

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Broad Social Movement. (Information gathered from th
Archive of Chilean Elections
. *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

: Marco Enríquez-Ominami (lost) *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

(won) *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

: Alejandro Guillier (lost)

References

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