The MAS Region ( es, MAS Región), known until 2014 as Broad Social Movement ( es, Movimiento Amplio Social, MAS) was a
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
an
left-wing
Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
political party founded by
Alejandro Navarro
Alejandro Navarro Brain (born 20 November 1958) is a Chilean politician who has served as a member of Parliament for the Bío-Bío Region since 1994. First as Deputy and since 2006 as Senator, in 2009 founded the Broad Social Movement (MAS i ...
in 2008.
The party was created as a political movement in 2008, by Senator Alejandro Navarro, after the then member of the
Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
(PS) began to feel poorly represented both by his party (which was then headed by
Camilo Escalona
Camilo Escalona Medina is a Chilean politician. He was the President of the Senate. He served as chairman of the Socialist Party of Chile
The Socialist Party of Chile ( es, Partido Socialista de Chile, or PS) is a centre-left political part ...
) as the
Concertacion, political coalition that owns the PS.
The party is inspired by the
Socialism of the 21st century
Socialism of the 21st century ( es, Socialismo del siglo XXI; pt, Socialismo do século XXI; german: Sozialismus des 21. Jahrhunderts) is an interpretation of socialist principles first advocated by German sociologist and political analyst ...
.
In 2009, after a failed presidential campaign, Navarro and the MAS members offer support to candidate
Marco Enríquez-Ominami
Marco Antonio Enríquez-Ominami Gumucio (born 12 June 1973) is a Chilean- French, filmmaker, politician, and perennial candidate. From 2006 to 2010 he was a Socialist Party deputy in Chile's lower chamber. In 2009 he quit the party and ran for P ...
. For the
presidential election of 2013, however, announced it will support
Michelle Bachelet
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022. She previously served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 201 ...
(PS), representative of the former Concertacion. Currently participating in the electoral coalition
Nueva Mayoría
The ''Nueva Mayoría'', also dubbed in English as New Majority, was a Chilean Centre-left politics, centre-left electoral coalition from 2013 to 2018, composed mainly of centre-left political parties supporting the presidential candidacy of Mi ...
. Some members did not support this decision and formed the
United Left.
In 2014 it merged with the Northern Force Party, led by the mayor of
Iquique
Iquique () is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert. It has a population of 191,468 ...
, Jorge Soria, to form MAS Region.
In 2016, Senator Navarro resigned the party and the
Nueva Mayoría
The ''Nueva Mayoría'', also dubbed in English as New Majority, was a Chilean Centre-left politics, centre-left electoral coalition from 2013 to 2018, composed mainly of centre-left political parties supporting the presidential candidacy of Mi ...
to form the new
País
The party País was a leftist political party in Chile founded by Alejandro Navarro, a Senator formerly a member of the MAS Region party, supporting his candidacy for President in 2017.
Pais Party was presented in Santiago on 3 September 2016 ...
party. In 2018, MAS Region merged with
Citizen Left
The Citizen Left Party of Chile ( es, Partido Izquierda Ciudadana de Chile, IC), known until 2013 as Christian Left Party of Chile ( es, Partido Izquierda Cristiana de Chile, same acronym) was a Chilean left-wing political party. Founded in 1971 ...
to become MAS Citizen Left.
Presidential candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Broad Social Movement. (Information gathered from th
Archive of Chilean Elections.
*
2009
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:
Marco Enríquez-Ominami
Marco Antonio Enríquez-Ominami Gumucio (born 12 June 1973) is a Chilean- French, filmmaker, politician, and perennial candidate. From 2006 to 2010 he was a Socialist Party deputy in Chile's lower chamber. In 2009 he quit the party and ran for P ...
(lost)
*
2013
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:
Michelle Bachelet
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022. She previously served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 201 ...
(won)
*
2017
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:
Alejandro Guillier
Alejandro René Eleodoro Guillier Álvarez (born 5 March 1953) is a Chilean sociologist, television and radio journalist, and independent politician. He is a Senator of the 2nd District of Antofagasta and was the 2017 Presidential candidate of ...
(lost)
References
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Left-wing politics in Chile
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Socialist parties in Chile