The Popular Freedom Alliance ( es, Alianza Popular Libertadora, APL) was a Chilean political party during the

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, founded in 1938 for the coming

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. It was created in 1938 as an electoral alliance by supporters of General

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, who were members of the ''

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'' (Socialist Union) and of the ''

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'' (National Socialist Movement of Chile, MNS). They later merged to create the APL political party, which was

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and

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, and included

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elements of the MNS. Some of these MNS elements created an offshoot in 1939, the fascist ''

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'' (Socialist Popular Avant-Garde, VPS). Although they supported Ibáñez for the 1938 election, the latter was forced to resign after the

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which followed an attempted coup by the National Socialist Movement, and Ibáñez decided to oppose

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, whom the MNS had tried to put in power, leading to indirect support of the

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candidate

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, who was ultimately elected. The APL merged in 1945 with the Agrarian Party to form the '' Partido Agrario Laborista'' (PAL).

Presidential candidates

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Popular Freedom Alliance (Information gathered from th
Archive of Chilean Elections
. *

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(lost) *

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(lost)

Bibliography

* Fuentes, Jordi y Lia Cortes. 1967. ''Diccionario político de Chile''. Editorial Orbe. Santiago. * Garay, Cristián. 1990. ''El Partido Agrario Laborista. 1945-1958''. Editorial Andrés Bello. Santiago. Far-right political parties in Chile Nationalist parties in Chile Political parties established in 1938 Political parties disestablished in 1945 Defunct political parties in Chile Presidential Republic (1925–1973) 1938 establishments in Chile 1945 disestablishments in Chile {{chile-party-stub