Democratic Front Of Chile

The Democratic Front of Chile ( es, Frente Democrático de Chile) was a center-right coalition in

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between 1962 and 1964. It was composed of the

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, the

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and the Radical Party (which had turned towards the right after the Radical Governments period). Created on October 10, 1962, the Democratic Front presented itself as an alternative to the left-wing FRAP coalition. It presented the Radical

Julio Durán Julio Antonio Gastón Durán Neumann (20 March 1918 – 27 November 1990), was a Chilean lawyer and politician. He ran for President in 1964 against Eduardo Frei Montalva and Salvador Allende. He was a member of the Radical Democracy Party, wh ...

for the 1964 presidential election, who obtained less than 5% of the votes. Furthermore, the defeat of the Democratic Front during the '' Naranjazo'' on March 15, 1964, led the Radical Party to withdraw itself from the coalition, leading to the dissolving de facto of the Front in March. Liberals and conservatives decided to support the candidate of the

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, for the 1964 presidential election, in the hopes of avoiding the victory of the FRAP candidate

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, while the Radical Party re-presented again, but alone, the candidacy of Julio Durán. Defunct political party alliances in Chile Presidential Republic (1925–1973) 1962 establishments in Chile 1964 disestablishments in Chile {{chile-party-stub