The Social Convergence (, CS) was a
left-wing
Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social ...
political party in Chile. Founded by current
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
an president
Gabriel Boric
Gabriel Boric Font (; born 11 February 1986) is a Chilean politician and the President of Chile since 2022. He previously served two four-year terms as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Chamber of Deputies.
Boric first gained prom ...
, it is now led by
Diego Ibáñez.
It was co-founded in 2018 by the
Autonomist Movement (MA),
Libertarian Left (IL) (a part of the movement left the party in 2019), Socialism and Freedom (SOL) and New Democracy (ND). It was part of the leftist coalition
Broad Front.
In mid-2019, members of the movement began their process to register as a legally constituted political party.
Social Convergence experienced an internal crisis in 2019, after a large number of militants resigned from the party, due to the initial rejection of Gabriel Boric's participation in the agreement made by the
congress
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to create a
new constitution, initiated due to the
2019 Chilean protests. Arguing that the agreement did not seem to them to be a sufficient response to the protests. However, after the changes that the agreement underwent (gender parity, indigenous seats, etc.), these members ended up supporting the agreement, but did not remain part of the party.
In July 2024 the party merged into the
Broad Front party, which is a successor of the Broad Front coalition.
Authorities
President of the Republic
File:Retrato Oficial Presidente Boric Font.jpg, Gabriel Boric Font 2022-2026
Deputies
Election results
Presidential elections
Congress election
See also
*
:Social Convergence politicians
References
External links
Official site{{Chilean political parties
2018 establishments in Chile
Autonomism
Former member parties of the Frente Amplio (Chilean political coalition)
Left-wing politics in Chile
Libertarian socialist parties
Opposition to neoliberalism
Political parties disestablished in 2024
Political parties established in 2018
Political parties in Chile
Progressive International
Progressive parties
Socialist parties in Chile