Popular Assembly
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The Popular Assembly is a socialist electoral coalition in Uruguay
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The party was founded in April 2006, as a more left-wing alternative to the Broad Front
. It is supported by the Revolutionary Communist Party of Uruguay, 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. The group stood Rodriguez in the Uruguayan presidential election, 2009. He took 0.67% of the vote, while the party took 0.66% in the Parliamentary elections and did not win any seats.
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
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The party was founded in April 2006, as a more left-wing alternative to the Broad Front
Broad Front (Uruguay)
The Broad Front is a Uruguayan left-wing coalition of political parties. It is led by Jorge Brovetto. Frente Amplio has close ties with PIT-CNT trade union and the cooperative housing movement.-History:...
. It is supported by the Revolutionary Communist Party of Uruguay, 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
March 26 Movement
The March 26 Movement is a leftist political party in Uruguay, which emerged out the Tupamaros. Since its foundation in 1971 until March 2008 was a member organisation of the Broad Front. After that the M26 founded a new party called "Asamblea Popular" in cooperation with other leftwing groups....
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The party's best known members include former Senator Helios Sarthou, and political activist Raúl Rodríguez. The group stood Rodriguez in the Uruguayan presidential election, 2009. He took 0.67% of the vote, while the party took 0.66% in the Parliamentary elections and did not win any seats.