The South American Union of Italian Emigrants ( it, Unione Sudamericana Emigrati Italiani, USEI) is an Italian political party representing Italian minorities in

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, especially

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and

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. Its leader is , who was elected to the

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in the 2018 general election.

History

USEI was founded in 2006 by , a

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n-born entrepreneur. In the 2006 general election the party won 4.7% of the vote in the South American constituency of the

. USEI did not participate in the 2008 general election, but continued to be active and improve its network. In the 2013 general election USEI won 13.3% of the vote in the South American constituency and elected

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to the

. Bueno was the daughter of Rubens Bueno, a long-time member of the

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for the

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. After the election, she formed a parliamentary alliance with the alternative

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(MAIE) within the

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of the Chamber, that lasted for two and half years. Despite the fact that USEI's and Sangregorio's political orientation was broadly

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, Bueno, due to her family's political upbringing, started to be supportive of the

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(PD), the country's main

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party, and, particularly, its leader

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, who served as

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from February 2014 to December 2016. Curiously enough, in November 2015, Bueno joined forces with

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(IdeA), a centre-right party opposed to Renzi. Subsequently, she formed a sub-group, named after the USEI (and, later, "USEI–IdeA"), within the Mixed Group of the Chamber, along with

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(IdV), a party traditionally affiliated to the centre-left, and

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(IU). Right after its formation, the sub-group was joined also by the other two IdeA deputies,

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and Vincenzo Piso. The USEI–IdeA sub-group was dissolved in May 2017. After that, Bueno was affiliated with

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(CI) and

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(DI). Sangregorio, who had opposed the constitutional reform proposed by Renzi with the 2016 constitutional referendum (Renzi lost and resigned from Prime Minister), was not willing to field Bueno again as a USEI candidate. In the 2018 general election the party won 18.7% of the vote in the South American constituency and Sangregorio was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, while Bueno led the

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to 6.3% (compared to 0.5% in Italy) and was not elected. USEI ran also for the Senate, obtaining 20.4% and the election of Adriano Cario. In May 2018 Cario left the USEI and switched to MAIE. On 18 December 2019, USEI formed with the centrist allies of

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( Alliance of the Centre and

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) and the centre-right

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the new sub-group within the

"Noi con l'Italia-USEI-Cambiamo!-Alleanza di Centro".

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

References

External links

Official website
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