Union of Latin American Parties

The Union of Latin American Parties (Spanish: Unión de Partidos Latinoamericanos, Portuguese: União de Partidos Latino-Americanos) is an alliance of right-wing political parties in Latin America and Canada. It is affiliated with the global International Democrat Union.

Union of Latin American Parties Unión de Partidos Latinoamericanos
Abbreviation	UPLA
President	Óscar Ortiz Antelo
Vice President	Julian Obiglio
Executive director	Nicolás Figari
Founded	22 November 1992 (1992-11-22)
Headquarters	Santiago, Chile
Ideology	Conservatism
Political position	Right-wing
International affiliation	International Democrat Union
Website
uplalatinoamerica.org

UPLA has twenty-two member parties (including observers and an associate) in eighteen of the region's twenty-one countries.

Principles

"Cochabamba, Bolivia. November 22, 1992.

The Political Parties and Movements of Latin America, implementing the agreements reached at the meetings in Guatemala and Santiago, resolved at the Meeting in Cochabamba, the creation of the Union of Latin American Parties U.P.L.A. and adopt the following Declaration of Principles:

We recognize the superior dignity of the person, in his freedom and in his transcendent destiny.

The members of the Union of Latin American Parties adhere to Democracy as a form of political organization and the Social Market Economy as an instrument that produces wealth, development and well-being of the peoples.

We affirm that a true democracy requires a commitment that we share, expanding people's freedom, lowering power, and seeking a more humane and supportive society.

We promote the real participation of citizens in decisions, the free development of different political options and the recognition of minorities.

We maintain that the State must be at the service of people and the common good, concentrating its function in the sphere of its competence and in that determined by its subsidiary action, while private initiative must constitute the main engine of economic activity and that solidarity offers everyone an effective equality of opportunities.

We believe that the human person is the foundation of all social order. For this reason, purely economic development is not enough, since it must have a human content that generates a social environment where men and women enjoy a long, healthy and creative life; where they enjoy personal security together with their families and have access to a greater culture, and the information necessary for its comprehensive fulfillment.

Consider that it is a priority to guarantee an equal effectiveness of opportunities, all without exception, so that they are successful from their origin and resources, have access to the basic means that allow them to carry out achievements fully. Therefore, we affirm as an ethical imperative, the overcoming of all forms of marginality that affects an obstacle to the development and expression of the potential of each person.

We proclaim that the family is the main socializing agent, whose cohesion constitutes the integrating force of society. For this reason, we value its transcendental function as a social force, carrier and transmitter of the historical and cultural identity of peoples, as well as the values on which effective human development is based.

Conscious of the growing process of globalization of international relations and of the imperative to participate in this process, we affirm the will to work for Latin American integration, as a fundamental objective, to respond to the political, economic and social challenges that affect our peoples and facilities through it, its integration with the world.

The UPLA has seen a series of problems that affect Latin America and that emerge as a catalog of questions regarding the validity of democracy in the region and, therefore, your concern may be a priority concern in its work program, among these the following have been highlighted: corruption, drug trafficking, and drug addiction; the urban and rural guerrillas; terrorism, marginalization and poverty; human ecology, the modernization of the political structures of the State and economic management; Latin American education and participation in the emerging non-national order.

The adherence of all the members of all the Latin American Parties to the main statements and the will to work to overcome the aforementioned problems, represents the contribution we make so that Latin America becomes a protagonist in the face of the challenges of the 21st century."

Ideology

The organization is committed to promoting and defending liberty, democracy and the rule of law in the region. It seeks to strengthen the regional presence of the International Democratic Union (IDU) on the American continent and to promote and defend the ideas and values of said organization.

Member parties

Country	Party	Abbr	Color	Upper house legislative seats	Lower house legislative seats	Status
Argentina	Republican Proposal	PRO	Yellow	9 / 72	50 / 257	In opposition
Bolivia	Democrat Social Movement	MDS	Red, green	0 / 36	0 / 130	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Brazil	Brazil Union	UNIÃO	Blue, yellow, white, sky blue	8 / 81	59 / 513	Independent
Chile	Independent Democratic Union	UDI	Blue, white, yellow	9 / 43	23 / 155	In opposition
	National Renewal	RN	Blue, white, red	8 / 43	25 / 155	In opposition
Colombia	Colombian Conservative Party	PCC	Blue	15 / 108	25 / 172	In opposition
	Democratic Center	CD	Light blue, yellow, red	13 / 108	15 / 172	In opposition
Costa Rica	Social Christian Republican Party	PRSC	Blue, red and yellow	Unicameral legislature only	2 / 57	In opposition
Dominican Republic	National Progressive Force	FNP	Blue and White	1 / 195	0 / 32	In opposition
	Social Christian Reformist Party	PRSC	Red	5 / 195	5 / 32	In opposition
Ecuador	Social Christian Party	PSC	Yellow, red	Unicameral legislature only	15 / 137	In opposition
	Creating Opportunities	CREO	Yellow, blue, orange, light blue	Unicameral legislature only	12 / 137	In government
El Salvador	Nationalist Republican Alliance	ARENA	Blue, white, and red	Unicameral legislature only	11 / 84	In opposition
Guatemala	Unionist Party	PU	Black, rainbow	Unicameral legislature only	3 / 160	In opposition
Honduras	National Party of Honduras	PNH	Blue	Unicameral legislature only	44 / 128	In Opposition
Nicaragua	Conservative Party	PC	Green	Unicameral legislature only	0 / 92	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Panama	Panameñista Party	PP	Purple, yellow, red	Unicameral legislature only	8 / 71	In opposition
	Democratic Change	CD	Cyan, pink, white	Unicameral legislature only	18 / 71	In opposition
Paraguay	Colorado Party	PC	Red, white	23 / 45	48 / 80	In government
Peru	Christian People's Party	PPC	Green	Unicameral legislature only	0 / 130	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Venezuela	Project Venezuela	PV	Yellow	Unicameral legislature only	0 / 165	Extra-parliamentary opposition

Associate parties

Country	Party	Abbr	Color	Upper house legislative seats	Lower house legislative seats	Status
Canada	Conservative Party of Canada	CPC	Blue	15 / 105	116 / 338	In opposition

External links

• (in Spanish) Union of Latin American Parties official website