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The Radical Democracy (, DR) was a
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an
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. The party, created in 1969, was dissolved in 1973, and reappeared in 1983 before disbanding permanently in 1990.


History

The party was composed of
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who opposed the presidential candidacy of the Marxist
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. It represented the anti-communist sector of the Radicals that separated themselves permanently from the Radical Party. The group was initially known as the Movement for Democratic Unity. It supported the presidential candidacy of independent right-winger
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in 1970. A firm opponent to
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, Radical Democracy took part in the parliamentary elections of 1973 as part of the anti-Allende
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coalition. The party supported the military coup of 1973, voluntarily complying with its own dissolution that same year. Among its most notable members were Julio Durán Neumann (presidential candidate for Radical Party in 1964),
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, Ángel Faivovich, Julio Mercado, and Rafael Señoret. Unlike its pre-1973 period, the party was reduced due to the departure of some iconic militants. Ángel Faivovich and Germán Picó Cañas entered the National Labour Front, a movement that later became the National Renewal. Other members, such as former deputy Julio Mercado Illanes, returned to the central trunk of the Radical Party. In 1984 it joined with other movements that supported the military dictatorship a coalition known as the Group of Eight (''Grupo de los Ocho''), which later evolved to the National Democratic Agreement. On January 31, 1986, it constituted the ''Frente Democrático de Concordia'' (FREDECO) along with the Social Democracy Party, the Social Christian Movement, the National Democratic Party (faction led by Apolonides Parra), the
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, the Social Democratic Labour Movement, the Javiera Carrera Movement and Arturo Matte Civic Center. In late 1988 it created the short-lived Democratic Confederation (''Confederación Democrática'') with the
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(a faction that supported Pinochet), the
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, the Social Democrat Party, the
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, the Democratic Party of Chile, the
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and the Civic Committees. The confederation disappeared in 1989 during negotiations for parliamentary candidates that year. In 1989 the party supported the presidential candidacy of Hernán Büchi, who was supported by the Democracy and Progress pact. Despite this, he did not go into this coalition and had to participate in an electoral alliance with the
National Advance National Advance (, AN) was a Chilean far-right political party of nationalist ideology who supported the military regime led by Augusto Pinochet. They had party legal existence between January 1988 and July 1991. It was founded on 11 Septembe ...
nationalist party called Alliance of Centre, leading candidates for deputy and senator for some regions. Because scored less than 5% of the voting of deputies required by law, the party was declared in dissolution, which was corrected when it merged with National Advance and the
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in the National Democracy of Centre party, in May 1990.


Electoral results


Presidential candidates

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Radical Democracy Party. (Information gathered from th
Archive of Chilean Elections
. *
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Jorge Alessandri Jorge Eduardo Alessandri Rodríguez (; 19 May 1896 – 31 August 1986) was the 26th president of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970, which he lost to Salvador A ...
(lost) *1988 plebiscite: "Yes" (lost) *
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Hernán Büchi Hernán Alberto Büchi Buc (; born March 6, 1949) is a Chilean economist who served as minister of finance of the Pinochet dictatorship. In 1989 he ran unsuccessfully for president with support of Chilean right-wing parties. Early life Büchi w ...
(lost)


See also

* :Radical Democracy (Chile) politicians


References

{{Reflist Political parties established in 1969 Political parties disestablished in 1990 Defunct political parties in Chile Radical Party of Chile Radical parties in Chile 1969 establishments in Chile 1990 disestablishments in Chile