The United Left ( es, Izquierda Unida, abbreviated IU) was a political coalition in

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

. IU was launched ahead of the 1989 national elections, as a successor of the United People's Front (FPU). At the time of its founding IU consisted of eight parties, including the Revolutionary Left Movement - Free Bolivia (MIR-BL), the

Communist Party of Bolivia The Communist Party of Bolivia ( es, Partido Comunista de Bolivia) is a communist party in Bolivia. It was founded in 1950 by Raúl Ruiz González and other former members of the Revolutionary Left Party (PIR). It remained small and did not hol ...

(PCB), the

Socialist Party-1 The Socialist Party-1 ( es, Partido Socialista-1) is a socialist political party in Bolivia. History The Socialist Party-One took part in the 1978, 1979, and 1980 general elections, running Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz and polled 00.43, 04.82 and ...

(PS-1), the Axis of Patriotic Convergence (ECP), the Movement for Socialist-Unzaguist (MAS-U) and FOM.
Political Handbook of the World : 1999: Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations As of March 1, 1999 or Later : (with Major Political Developments Noted Through June 1, 1999)
'. Binghamton, N.Y.: CSA Publications, 1999. p. 107Corte Nacional Electoral.
Boletín Estadístico No. 3
'' The candidate of IU for president in 1989 was the MIR-BL leader Antonio Aranibar. The vice presidential candidate of the coalition was Walter Delgadillo, ex-general secretary of the ''

Central Obrera Boliviana The Bolivian Workers' Center ( es, Central Obrera Boliviana, COB) is the chief trade union federation in Bolivia. It was founded in 1952 following the national revolution that brought the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement to power. The most imp ...

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

confederation. The Aranibar-Delgadillo ticket obtained 113,509 votes (7.2% of the national vote). IU won ten seats in the

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but no seats in the Senate. Three IU parliamentarians were elected from

Cochabamba Department Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa Jach'a Suyu, es, Departamento de Cochabamba , qu, Quchapampa Suyu), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meaning "plain", is one of the nine departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the ...

Chuquisaca Department Chuquisaca () ( ay, Chuqisaka; qu, Chuqichaka) is a department of Bolivia located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba, Tarija, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the consti ...

and

Potosí Department Potosí (; Aymara language, Aymara: ''Putusi''; qu, P'utuqsi) is a Departments of Bolivia, department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km2 with 823,517 inhabitants (2012 census). The capital is the city of Potosí. It is most ...

, and one parliamentarian was elected from La Paz Department. The coalition fell apart ahead of the municipal elections in December 1989, in which the different parties contested separately. IU was later revived, without MIR-BL in its fold. By 1997 IU was largely moribund. However, ahead of the 1997 national elections candidates from the

Assembly for the Sovereignty of the Peoples The Assembly for the Sovereignty of the Peoples ( es, Asamblea por la Soberanía de los Pueblos, ASP) was a political organization in Bolivia. It was formed as a "political instrument" of the popular movements of the country. Alejo Véliz was the na ...

(ASP) of

Alejo Véliz Alejo Véliz Lazo (born February 9, 1957) is a Bolivian politician and activist. He is a member of the ASP party. Véliz is a former executive secretary of the Federación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Cochabamba (FSUTCC), and for ...

and

Evo Morales Juan Evo Morales Ayma (; born 26 October 1959) is a Bolivian politician, trade union organizer, and former cocalero activist who served as the 65th president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019. Widely regarded as the country's first president to co ...

were included on the lists of IU. ASP had unsuccessfully sought registration as a political party prior to the alliance with IU. Véliz was the presidential candidate for IU as well as being a candidate for parliament (on the

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list). Four ASP members were elected to the Chamber of Deputies as IU candidates (all from the Chapare province of

); Evo Morales, Román Loayza Caero,

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and

Néstor Guzmán Villarroel Néstor Guzman Villarroel (born February 26, 1964 in Chaguarmayu) is a Bolivian politician and trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "mainta ...

. Harnecker, Marta.
MAS-IPSP: Instrumento político que surge de los movimientos sociales
'. p. 70Monasterios, Karin, Pablo Stefanoni, and Hervé do Alto.
Reinventando la nación en Bolivia: movimientos sociales, Estado y poscolonialidad
'. La Paz, Bolivia: CLACSO, 2007. p. 78''Directorio: 1997 - 2002''. La Paz: Centro de Investigación del Congreso Nacional (CICON), 2002. pp. 201-202, 209

References

External links

1997 campaign website (unofficial)
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