Venezuelan People's Union

The Venezuelan Popular Union (Unión Popular Venezolana, UPV) was a political party in Venezuela. The UPV was built along 'Browderist' pattern.[1] UPV had its roots in the Municipal Union (UM), which had been legalized in 1941 and had functioned as a legal cover for the underground Communist Party of Venezuela.[2] The party was founded on March 13, 1944, through the merger of the Municipal Union of the Federal District, the Zulian Unification League and eleven state-level 'People's Unions'.[2][3] The decision to form UPV as a political party was taken at the Fourth National Conference of the Communist Party of Venezuela.[4]

The UPV was legalized on March 16, 1944.[3] Rodolfo Quintero was the chairman of UPV.[5]

UPV formed an alliance with the followers of Isaías Medina Angarita ahead of the 1944 Caracas municipal elections.[6] The alliance won the election.[6]

UPV was disbanded as the Communist Party was legalized on October 9, 1945.[7]

See also

List of political parties in Venezuela

References

  1. ^ Aportes a la historia del P. C. V. Biblioteca de Documentos Históricos. 1971. p. 92.
  2. ^ a b Carlos Alarico Gómez (2007). El poder andino: de Cipriano Castro a Medina Angarita. El Nacional. pp. 209–. ISBN 978-980-388-373-7.
  3. ^ a b Manuel Vicente Magallanes (1973). Los partidos políticos en la evolución histórica venezolana. Editorial Mediterráneo. p. 444. ISBN 9788471561442.
  4. ^ Rodolfo José Cárdenas (1987). COPEI en el Trienio Populista, 1945-1948: la tentación totalitaria de Acción Democrática. Hijos de E. Minuesa. p. 536. ISBN 9788439894032.
  5. ^ Clase obrera: partidos y sindicatos en Venezuela, 1936-1950 : Taller de Historia del Movimiento Obrero en Venezuela (Taller H-MOV), Escuela de Historia, U.C.V. Ediciones Centauro. 1982. p. 273.
  6. ^ a b H. Micheal Tarver (25 October 2018). The History of Venezuela, 2nd Edition. ABC-CLIO. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-4408-5774-4.
  7. ^ Elías Pino Iturrieta (27 August 2018). Historia mínima de Venezuela. El Colegio de Mexico AC. p. 178. ISBN 978-607-628-458-2.


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