Sovereign Identity

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{{Infobox political party

| name = Sovereign Identity

| native_name = Identidad Soberana

| logo = Logo of the Sovereign Identity.svg

| abbreviation = IS

| colorcode = {{Party color|Sovereign Identity}}

| leader = Gustavo Salle

| president = María Canoniero Castagnola

| founded = {{start date|2022|11|9|df=y}}

| registered = {{start date|2023|5|2|df=y}}

| ideology = {{ublist|class = nowrap

| Nationalism

| Conspiracy theorism{{Cite journal |last=Recondo |first=David |title=Avis de parution Études. Amérique latine – L’Année politique 2024 |url=https://rediceisal.hypotheses.org/157298 |journal=Les Études di CERI-Science Po |volume= |issue=275-276 |quote=Es más, su partido ha tenido como rival a un partido disruptivo llamado Identidad Soberana, de tendencia conspirativa. Entre las dos, estas listas de extrema derecha obtuvieron menos del 6% de los votos y apenas dos diputados cada una, frente a los nueve diputados y tres senadores de la AC hace cinco años. |trans-quote=What's more, his party has had as a rival a disruptive party called Sovereign Identity, with a conspiratorial tendency. Between the two, these far-right lists obtained less than 6% of the votes and barely two deputies each, compared to the nine deputies and three senators of the AC five years ago.}}

| Sovereigntism{{Cite web |title=La derecha “neopatriota” en Uruguay: ni tan nueva ni tan vieja |url=https://ladiaria.com.uy/politica/articulo/2021/4/la-derecha-neopatriota-en-uruguay-ni-tan-nueva-ni-tan-vieja/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=la diaria |language=es-UY |quote=Son derechas antiglobalistas y, por lo tanto, profundamente nacionalistas, y más que nacionalistas, soberanistas [...] |trans-quote=They are anti-globalist right-wingers and, therefore, deeply nationalist, and more than nationalist, sovereignist [...]}}

| Identitarianism{{Cite web |date=2024-11-27 |title=The triumph of unity |url=https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democracy-and-society/the-triumph-of-unity-7948/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=IPS Journal |language=en-GB |quote=There was a stalemate in the Chamber of Representatives: the tipping point between the FA and the conservative wing will be the Identidad Soberana party, an identitarian party newcomer, with two MPs. Nevertheless, the FA was able to increase its number of seats by six, mainly thanks to candidates from rural provinces who won seats there for the first time.}}

| Anti-establishment{{Cite web |last=Campanella |first=Federico Rivas Molina, Gabriel Díaz |date=2024-11-25 |title=José Mujica’s left returns to power in Uruguay |url=https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-11-25/jose-mujicas-left-returns-to-power-in-uruguay.html |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=El País |language=en-us |quote=Identidad Soberana (Sovereign Identity), an anti-system, anti-vaccine, anti-Agenda 2030 party, which will have two lawmakers under the leadership of lawyer Gustavo Salle.}}

| Anti-globalism

| Anti-vaccine

| Anti-Zionism{{Cite web |title=Salle llamó a masones “peones” de B’nai B’rith, y su director criticó “acusaciones vacías” |url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Salle-llamo-a-masones-peones-de-B-nai-B-rith-y-su-director-critico-acusaciones-vacias--uc893239 |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=Montevideo Portal |language=es}}

| Anti-freemasonry{{Cite web |title=Salle llamó a masones “peones” de B’nai B’rith, y su director criticó “acusaciones vacías” |url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Salle-llamo-a-masones-peones-de-B-nai-B-rith-y-su-director-critico-acusaciones-vacias--uc893239 |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=Montevideo Portal |language=es}}

Econationalism

}}

| split = Green Animalist Party

| headquarters = 2262 18 de Julio Avenue Montevideo

| website = {{URL|https://identidadsoberana.org/}}

| country = Uruguay

| colours = {{color box|border=silver|{{Party color|Sovereign Identity}}}} Blue
{{color box|border=silver|#FFFFFF}} White
{{color box|border=silver|#ffce00}} Yellow

| position = Far-right{{Cite web |last=Lissidini |first=Alicia |title=‘The far right is still marginal; there’s a majority commitment to democracy’ |url=https://lens.civicus.org/interview/the-far-right-is-still-marginal-theres-a-majority-commitment-to-democracy/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=CIVICUS LENS |language=en-US |quote=Although there are far-right groups, they remain marginal, as shown by the results of Cabildo Abierto, with 2.3 per cent of the vote, and Identidad Soberana, with two per cent.}}

| footnotes = {{cnote|A|The party has been described as related to red fascism, a variant of fascism that is related more with some left-wing politics.{{Cite web |last=V |first=Lic Fernando Britos |date=2024-11-03 |title=Rojipardismo, un mote destinado a confundir |url=https://www.laondadigital.com.uy/archivos/81282 |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=La Onda Digital |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2 November 2024 |title=Salle es nuestro primer rojipardo contemporáneo”, según el académico especializado en el estudio de las derechas Camilo López |url=https://ladiaria.com.uy/usuarios/entrar/?article=129175 |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=la diaria |language=es-UY}}}}

| seats1_title = Chamber of Deputies

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|2|99|{{Party color|Sovereign Identity}}}}

| seats2_title = Senate

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|30|{{Party color|Sovereign Identity}}}}

| seats3_title = Intendencias

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|19|{{Party color|Sovereign Identity}}}}

| seats4_title = Mayors

| seats4 = {{Composition bar|0|125|{{Party color|Sovereign Identity}}}}

}}

Sovereign Identity ({{langx|es|Identidad Soberana|link=no}}) is an anti-establishment political party in Uruguay. Founded in 2022, it is led by the lawyer and confrontational activist Gustavo Salle Lorier.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-28 |title=¿Quién es Gustavo Salle? El nuevo actor del sistema político que se metió "en la cueva de los vendepatria" |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/quien-es-gustavo-salle-el-nuevo-actor-del-sistema-politico-que-se-metio-en-la-cueva-de-los-vendepatria |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=EL PAIS |language=es-UY}}

The party entered the Uruguayan parliament for the first time after winning 2 seats in the Chamber of Representatives in the 2024 general election.{{Cite web |title=Gustavo Salle por partida doble: la hija será la otra diputada de Identidad Soberana |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/gustavo-salle-partida-doble-la-hija-sera-la-otra-diputada-identidad-soberana-n5967809 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=El Observador |language=es-UY}} According to Salle and leading members, Sovereign Identity is neither left-wing nor right-wing, and it is not aligned with either of the country's two major political blocs, the Broad Front and the Coalición Republicana.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-28 |title='Tenemos dos diputados en la cueva de los vendepatria': Salle celebró los legisladores obtenidos y adelantó qué votará en el balotaje |url=https://www.teledoce.com/telemundo/nacionales/ya-tenemos-dos-diputados-en-la-cueva-de-los-vendepatria-salle-celebro-los-dos-representantes-obtenidos-por-su-partido-y-adelanto-que-votara-en-el-balotaje/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Teledoce.com |language=es-UY}}{{Cite web |title=La teoría conspirativa de Salle sobre quién domina al mundo |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/la-teoria-conspirativa-de-salle-sobre-quien-domina-al-mundo-201910817290 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=El Observador |language=es-UY}} Salle himself has defined the General Assembly as "the den of the homeland-sellers", and has been described as an anti-establishment activist.{{Cite web |title=El día que Salle se convirtió en legislador para entrar a la "cueva de los vendepatria" |url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/El-dia-que-Salle-se-convirtio-en-legislador-para-entrar-a-la-cueva-de-los-vendepatria--uc904657 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Montevideo Portal |language=es}} The party has appealed to some conspiracy theories such as that of the New World Order, that of the so-called "kleptocorporatocracy" or government of the corporations, and those related to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the Judeo-Masonic conspiracy theory.{{cite news|date=6 July 2024 |periodical=Montevideo Portal |title=Salle llamó a masones “peones” de B’nai B’rith, y su director criticó “acusaciones vacías” |url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Salle-llamo-a-masones-peones-de-B-nai-B-rith-y-su-director-critico-acusaciones-vacias--uc893239}}{{Cite web |date=2024-10-30 |title=Gustavo Salle en el Parlamento: "Con el cuchillo entre los dientes" pero dispuesto a luchar "dentro del sistema" |url=https://www.busqueda.com.uy/politica/gustavo-salle-el-parlamento-con-el-cuchillo-los-dientes-pero-dispuesto-luchar-dentro-del-sistema-n5394040 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Búsqueda |language=es-PA}}{{Cite web |title=La cleptocorporatocracia según Salle: "Soy político pero no voy a ser garrapata" |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/la-cleptocorporatocracia-segun-salle-soy-politico-pero-no-voy-a-ser-garrapata--201910817290 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=El Observador |language=es-UY}}{{Cite web |title=Salle llamó a masones “peones” de B’nai B’rith, y su director criticó “acusaciones vacías” |url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Salle-llamo-a-masones-peones-de-B-nai-B-rith-y-su-director-critico-acusaciones-vacias--uc893239 |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=Montevideo Portal |language=es}} It has also adopted a stance against vaccines and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals.{{Cite web |title=“Métanse la Agenda 2030 por el cu…”: Salle votó y volvió a definirse como “antivacunas” |url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/-Metanse-la-Agenda-2030-por-el-cu--Salle-voto-y-volvio-a-definirse-como-antivacunas--uc904635 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Montevideo Portal |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Diputada electa por Identidad Soberana adjudicó el accidente de Pocitos a la vacunación |url=https://www.telenoche.com.uy/nacionales/diputada-electa-identidad-soberana-adjudico-el-accidente-pocitos-la-vacunacion-n5375695 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Telenoche |language=es-PA}}

Election results

= Presidential elections =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" |Election

! rowspan="2" |Party candidate

! rowspan="2" |Running mate

!Votes

!%

!Votes

!%

! rowspan="2" |Result

colspan="2" |First Round

! colspan="2" |Second Round

2024

|Gustavo Salle

|María Canoniero

|65,796

|2.83%

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|Lost {{N}}

= Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Election

!Votes

!%

!Chamber seats

! +/−

! Senate seats

! +/−

!Position

!Size

2024

|65,796

|2.83%

|{{Composition bar|2|99|hex={{Party color|Sovereign Identity}}}}

|New

|{{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{Party color|Sovereign Identity}}}}

|New

|{{no2|Opposition}}

|{{increase}} 4th

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