Patriotic Union (Chile)
Patriotic Union is a Chilean political party. It was founded in September 2015 and is led by Eduardo Artés, first secretary of the Chilean Communist Party.
Legally registered in 2016, it first appeared in the municipal elections of that year. The party obtained 0.32% of the total votes but no candidates were elected to any council.
It was declared as an anti-imperialist party, progressive, patriotic and populism. Its leader has expressed sympathy with the regime of socialist-juche ideology of North Korea and for the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.
For the 2017 elections, the party proclaimed Artés as its presidential candidate.Presidential candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Patriotic Union..
