Solidarity Civic Unity ( es, Unidad Cívica Solidaridad, UCS) is a
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
in
Bolivia. The party was founded on 15 August 1989 by Max Fernández, and is currently led by his son, Johnny Fernández.
UCS was part of the "Megacoalition" that supported the presidency of
Hugo Banzer
Hugo Banzer Suárez (; 10 May 1926 – 5 May 2002) was a Bolivian politician and military officer who served as the 51st president of Bolivia. He held the Bolivian presidency twice: from 1971 to 1978 in a military dictatorship; and then a ...
from 1997 to 2001. The coalition also included Banzer's
Nationalist Democratic Action
Nationalist Democratic Action ( es, Acción Democrática Nacionalista) is a right-wing political party in Bolivia led by Óscar Daza Márquez. ADN was founded on March 23, 1979 by the military dictator Hugo Banzer after he stepped down from po ...
(ADN), the
Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), and
Conscience of Fatherland (CONDEPA).
[Elections held in 1997]
IPU
At the
2002 Bolivian general election, the party won 5.3% of the popular vote and five out of 130 seats in the
Chamber of Deputies but no
Senate seats.
See also
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:Solidarity Civic Unity politicians
References
1989 establishments in Bolivia
Conservative parties in Bolivia
Liberal parties in Bolivia
Political parties established in 1989
Political parties in Bolivia
Populist parties
Social conservative parties
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