Radical Party of Chile

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This article is about the 20th century party. For the party formed in 2018 as the Social Democrat Radical Party, see Radical Party of Chile (2018).

Radical Party
Partido Radical
International affiliationSocialist International (1981–94)
Colours      Blue, white, red

The Radical Party (Spanish: Partido Radical) was a

anticlericalist
position in Chilean politics, and was instrumental in producing the "theological reforms" in Chilean law in the early 1880s. These laws removed the cemeteries from the control of the Roman Catholic Church, established a civil registry of births and death in place of the previous recordkeeping of the church, and established a civil law of matrimony, which removed the determination of validity of marriages from the church. Prior to these laws, it was impossible for non-Catholics to contract marriage in Chile, and meant that any children they produced were illegitimate. Non-Catholics had also been barred from burial in Catholic cemeteries, which were virtually the only cemeteries in the country; instead, non-Catholics were buried in the beaches, and even on the Santa Lucia Hill in Santiago, which, in the 19th century, functioned as Santiago's dump.

In the 20th century, the radicals adopted a moderately center-left stance, taking part to

anticommunist Radicals formed the Radical Democracy. In the crucial 1970 election, which resulted in the presidency of Salvador Allende, they formed an alliance with the right-wing National Party and, later, supported Pinochet's 1973 coup. In contrast, the Radical Party was part of the Unidad Popular coalition supporting Salvador Allende
who became president in 1970. Radicals, supporting gradual reforms, were generally loyal to the leftist governing coalition.

In its XXV Congress that took place from 31 July to 5 August 1971, the Radical Party confirmed the left-wing line it had taken already in 1967. The congress declared that the Radicals discard

Radical Left Party).[2] The new party initially remained part of the Unidad Popular. On the other hand, a moderate Social Democrat Party, up to then an independent party within the Unidad Popular bloc, merged with the Radical Party. During that time, the Radical Party of Chile declared their organization to be socialist and they officially adhered to the doctrines of historical materialism and class struggle.[3]
Like other parties, it was banned after the 11 September 1973 coup.

In 1983, the Radical Party was one of the creators along with the

Social Democrat Radical Party
(PRSD).

Presidents elected under Radical Party of Chile

Presidential candidates

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Radical Party. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).

See also

References

  1. ^ Helen Bailey, Abraham Nasatir, Latin America, Prentice Hall, 1973
  2. ^ CRONOLOGIA 1971 La aceleración de los cambios
  3. ^ Declaración político ideológica aprobada en la XXV Convención Nacional del Partido Radical de Chile. [1972] Available at www.nuso.org/upload/articulos/17_1.pdf
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