Unity of the People
{{Infobox political party
| country = Spain
| name = Unity of the People
| native_name = Unidad del Pueblo
| colorcode = {{party color|Unity of the People}}
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| leader =
| headquarters =
| foundation = 1998
| ideology = {{Nowrap|Canarian nationalism
Socialism
Canarian independence
Euroscepticism
Pacifism}}
| position = Left-wing
| regional = Ahora CanariasEFE (2019). [https://www.laprovincia.es/canarias/2019/02/08/nace-ahora-canarias-liberacion-pueblo/1145808.html Nace Ahora Canarias "para conseguir la liberación del pueblo canario"]. La Provincia.
| national = Ahora Repúblicas
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| europarl =
| seats1_title = Concejales en Santa Lucía de Tirajana
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| website = [http://www.unidaddelpueblo.info/ unidaddelpueblo.info]
}}
Unidad del Pueblo ({{langx|en|Unity of the People}};Can also be translated as People's Unity. UP) is a Canary Islands left-wing nationalist party.
Objectives
UP seeks independence for the Canary Islands and building a socialist society. The party defends a leading paper of the working class in the process of achieving its goals.
History
UP was formed by former members of other left-wing Canarian nationalist political parties. Unidad del Pueblo supported Alternativa Popular Canaria (APC) from 2002 to 2005, when political differences between the two organizations arise. UP gained a town councillor in the 1999 and 2003 local elections in Santa Lucía de Tirajana.http://elecciones.lainformacion.com/municipales/1999/canarias/las-palmas/santa-lucia-de-tirajana.html {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}
Since 2007 UP began to present lists in all the elections held in the Canary Islands. The party achieved 1,400 votes in the regional elections of that year and 1,800 in the municipal ones, losing the only councilman the party had. In 2009, it was one of the parties supporting the candidacy Iniciativa Internacionalista in the European elections. In the European elections of 2014 UP supported the coalition The Peoples Decide.{{Cite web |url=http://www.elperiodicodecanarias.es/anc-y-up-participaran-en-la-candidatura-los-pueblos-deciden-en-las-elecciones-al-parlamento-europeo/ |title=ANC y UP participaran en la candidatura Los Pueblos Deciden en las elecciones al parlamento europeo. |access-date=2015-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621160732/http://www.elperiodicodecanarias.es/anc-y-up-participaran-en-la-candidatura-los-pueblos-deciden-en-las-elecciones-al-parlamento-europeo/ |archive-date=2015-06-21 |url-status=dead }} In the local elections of 2015 the party ran in coalition with United Canarian Left, Republican Alternative and The Greens, gaining one town councillor (Antonio Ordoñez Sánchez) in Santa Lucía de Tirajana.[http://www.santaluciagc.com/modules.php?mod=portal&file=ver_gen&id=TkRjNE5nPT0= Coorporación Municipal de Santa Lucía de Tirajana].
References
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External links
- [http://www.unidaddelpueblo.info/ Website of the UP]
{{Spain political parties}}
Category:Communist parties in Spain
Category:Political parties in the Canary Islands
Category:Canarian nationalist parties
Category:Political parties established in 1998