Democratic Alliance of Chile


The Democratic Alliance of Chile was a coalition of left-wing parties from 1942 to 1946, which succeeded to the Popular Front headed by Pedro Aguirre Cerda's government. It included the Radical Party, the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, the Democratic Party and the Workers' Socialist Party, and was also supported by the Confederación de Trabajadores de Chile trade-union. The coalition initial aim was to stand united before the 1942 presidential election, which were won by the Democratic Alliance's candidate, Juan Antonio Ríos, who formed a cabinet which was supported by the main parties of the Democratic Alliance. The coalition dissolved itself after the communists were outlawed by Gabriel Gonzalez Videla in 1947.