The Christian Democratic Party of Uruguay () is a

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of the

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History

The party was established in 1911 as the Civic Union,phttps://web.archive.org/web/20141021200243/http://www.pdcuruguay.uy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=172 El ABC del PDC] Christian Democratic Party having developed out of the Catholic Party that contested the 1910 Uruguayan parliamentary election, 1910 elections.Enciclopedia Electoral del Uruguay 1900–2010
Instituto Factum In February 1962 it was renamed the Christian Democratic Party. A faction broke away in 1966, initially running under the name Christian Civic Movement, before becoming the Christian Radical Union, and later reclaiming the Civic Union name.

Affiliation

It is part of the governing coalition Broad Front (''Frente Amplio''). It is a part of the

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, which in turn forms part of the

Liber Seregni Front The Liber Seregni Front () was the name of the centre-left faction inside the Frente Amplio which was created by Danilo Astori leader of Uruguay Assembly, Rafael Michelini leader of New Space and Rodolfo Nin Novoa, leader of Progressive Allian ...

uniting the more moderate centre-left and centrist sectors of the Broad Front.

Programme

Its platform calls for "a communitarian society" and a "social state", as well as "absolute respect for human life" (including opposition to

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). It further calls for "alternative forms of production, distribution, consumption and accumulation" that are "superior to capitalist and state-owned enterprises", including: * a

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* self-management or self-governing enterprises (''autogestión'') * ecological economics * respect for the

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* support for the nonprofit sector

References

External links

Official website
1911 establishments in Uruguay Broad Front (Uruguay) Catholic social teaching Christian democratic parties in South America Political parties established in 1911 Political parties in Uruguay {{Uruguay-party-stub