The Independent Popular Action ( es, Acción Popular Independiente, API) was a

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an political party, created on 27 April 1968, intended to be part of the Popular Unity and support the candidacy of

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in the presidential election of 1970. Its main leader was Rafael Tarud. In 1969, together with the

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, the Radical Party, the

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and the

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, was part of the political agreement called Popular Unity of Marxist ideals, to support the government of Salvador Allende. In the case of API, it was an organization that brought together left-wing independent elements, and less revolutionary than the MAPU and the MIR. The party joined the moderate wing of the UP, maintaining a critical position. In the parliamentary elections of 1973 the party achieved to elect two deputies: Silvia Araya González and Luis Osvaldo Escobar Astaburuaga. The party was dissolved and banned by Decree Law No. 77 of October 8, 1973, signed by the

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. The same situation was repeated for all parties that made up the Popular Unity. API President Rafael Tarud, went into exile, and in 1987 was one of the founders of the Party for Democracy (PPD).

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{{Reflist Defunct political parties in Chile Political parties established in 1968 Political parties disestablished in 1973 1968 establishments in Chile 1973 disestablishments in Chile