Independents for the National Community

Independents for the National Community (Spanish: Independientes por la Comunidad Nacional, IPCN) is a Venezuelan left-wing political party founded in 1995. Its headquarters are located in the city of Caracas.

Independents for the National Community Independientes por la Comunidad Nacional
Leader	Eddi Mavárez
Registered	1995
Dissolved	2007
Merged into	United Socialist Party of Venezuela
Headquarters	Caracas, Venezuela
Ideology	Left-wing nationalism Democratic Socialism Bolivarianism Chavismo Anti-Imperialism
Political position	Left-wing
Colors	Red Blue

History

The party was founded in 1995 by Eddi Maravez. The IPCN describes itself as a revolutionary organization that works for "the good of the people of Venezuela", their stated goals are to defend the plans and projects developed by the national government led by Nicolas Maduro and to "energize the Bolivarian Revolution". In its statutes, it defines itself as a democratic socialist party with a program based on the thesis of Anti-imperialism, Chavismo, Bolivarianism and left-wing patriotism.

Electoral history

The party was founded in 1995, it officially supported the candidacy of former president Hugo Chávez and the start of Bolivarian Revolution for the 1998 parliamentary election, being the first party to support his aspirations (after the Fifth Republic Movement), on that election they gained 1.2% of the votes for the Hugo Chávez, managing to become the seventh largest party in Venezuela. In 2000 general election they supported Chávez again and gained 0.9% of the votes for him, they have also won the mayor's office seat of the Bolívar municipality of the Sucre state.

For the 2006 presidential election, IPCN supported the re-election of Hugo Chávez. On 2007, Hugo Chávez called for the formation of a party that would unite all of the left-wing political parties and movements that supported Bolivarian Revolution, thus the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) emerged. Initially, IPCN have disagreed to merge with PSUV due to their ideological differences but on January 24, 2007, the party was merged with PSUV and dissolved.