Broad Front (Peru)
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| Founded | June 2013 |
| Political position | Left-wing |
Broad Front (Spanish: Frente Amplio), officially registered as The Broad Front for Justice, Life and Liberty (El Frente Amplio por Justicia, Vida y Libertad),[1] is a political coalition of leftist parties and movements in Peru.
History
In March 2012, the Broad Front was registered as a political party with the National Board of Elections.[1] In July 2012, five Congressmen of the Popular Action action, four lawmakers who had been elected on the Peru Wins slate but defected to the Broad Front in the meantime, and one defector from Force 2011 formed a joint parliamentary group named Popular Action—Broad Front.
In June 2013, the organization was re-established as the Broad Front for Justice, Life and Liberty (Frente Amplio in short). In 2015, Verónika Mendoza was elected as the Front's presidential nominee for the 2016 general elections.[2][3]
References
- 1 2 El Frente Amplio for Justicia, Vida y Libertad: datos generales ("general data"), Observatorio para la Gobernabilidad (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Frente Amplio para transformar el Perú" ("Broad Front to transform Peru") by Teófilo Bellido, Unidad, June 2013 (v. 54, № 23), page 6 (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Agrupaciones de izquierda presentaron frente amplio" ("Groups of the Left present a broad front"), La República, 22 June 2013 (in Spanish)
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