Broad Left Front (Peru)

Broad Left Front (Peru)
Broad Left Front
Frente Amplio de Izquierda
Leader Alberto Moreno
Founded November 2005
Headquarters Lima, Peru
Ideology Socialism,
Communism,
Left-wing
International affiliation None
Website
www.mni.org.pe/frente_amplio.htm
Politics of Peru
Political parties
Elections

Broad Left Front (in Spanish: Frente Amplio de Izquierda), often just referred to as Frente Amplio, is a political coalition of leftist parties and movements in Peru. Initially the organization was known as National Coordination of Leftwing and Progressive Parties (Coordinadora Nacional de Izquierda y Partidos Progresistas). It took its current name in November 2005. Constituents of FAI includes:

  • New Left Movement (Movimiento Nueva Izquierda)
  • Popular Front (Frente Popular)
  • Peruvian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Peruano)
  • Communist Party of Peru (Red Fatherland) (Partido Comunista del Perú - Patria Roja)
  • Worker Peasant Student and Popular Front (Frente Obrero Campesino Estudiantil Popular)
  • Revolutionary Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Revolucionario)
  • Malpica Committee (Comité Malpica)
  • United People Movement (Movimiento Pueblo Unido)
  • Nationalist Party of the Andina Communities (Partido Nacionalista de las Comunidades Andinas)
  • Popular Democratic Front (Frente Democrático Popular)

FAI nominated Alberto Moreno as its presidential candidate in the elections of 2006.

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