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Christian Democratic Party of Uruguay

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Founded
  
1962

National affiliation
  
Broad Front

Political position
  
Left-wing

Christian Democratic Party of Uruguay

Headquarters
  
Aquiles Lanza 1318 bis Montevideo, Uruguay

Ideology
  
Christian democracy Christian left

International affiliation
  
Centrist Democrat International

The Christian Democratic Party of Uruguay (Spanish: Partido Demócrata Cristiano) is a political party of the Christian left.

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Affiliation

It is part of the governing coalition Broad Front (Frente Amplio). It is a part of the Progressive Alliance, which in turn forms part of the Liber Seregni Front uniting the more moderate centre-left and centrist sectors of the Broad Front.

The Civic Union (Uruguay) split from the party in 1971.

Programme

Its platform calls for "a communitarian society" and a "social state", as well as "absolute respect for human life" (including opposition to abortion). It further calls for "alternative forms of production, distribution, consumption and accumulation" that are "superior to capitalist and state-owned enterprises", including:

  • a social market economy
  • cooperatives
  • self-management or self-governing enterprises (autogestión)
  • ecological economics
  • respect for the commons
  • support for the nonprofit sector

    • References

    Christian Democratic Party of Uruguay Wikipedia
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