The Popular Assembly ( es, Asamblea Popular) is a
left-wing political party in
Uruguay.
History
The party was founded in April 2006, as a further left alternative to the
Broad Front. It is supported by the
Revolutionary Communist Party of Uruguay
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Established in 1972, nowadays it is part of the leftist Popular Unity.
It takes part in the International Conf ...
, the
Humanist Party of Uruguay and other left-wing groups, including several former local organisation of the Broad Left. In 2008, it gained the support of the
March 26 Movement
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.
The party's best known members include former Senator
Helios Sarthou, and political activist
Raúl Rodríguez Raul Rodriguez or Raúl Rodríguez may refer to:
* Raul A. Rodriguez, real name of early electro artiste C.O.D. (musician)
* Raúl Rodríguez (boxer) (born 1915), Argentine boxer
* Raúl Rodríguez (footballer) (born 1987), Spanish footballer
* R ...
. The group stood Rodriguez in the
2009 presidential election
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Evolution of the Arabic digit
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. He took 0.67% of the vote, while the party took 0.66% in the parliamentary elections and did not win any seats.
Corte Electoral
2014 elections
Popular Assembly took part in the 2014 Uruguayan general elections under the denomination Popular Unity. The party won their first seat in the House of Deputies.
References
External links
2006 establishments in Uruguay
Political parties established in 2006
Communist parties in Uruguay
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