National Democratic Front (in Spanish: Frente Democrático Nacional) was a political coalition in Peru that was founded in 1944 in Arequipa by Manuel J. Bustamante de la Fuente in order to launch the presidencial campaign of José Luis Bustamante y Rivero for the 1945 general election.[1]
National Democratic Front Frente Democrático Nacional | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | FREDENA |
| Leader | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero |
| Founded | 3 June 1944 |
| Dissolved | 27 October 1948 |
| Ideology | Reformism Christian democracy Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left to Left-wing |
The coalition was largely conformed by the Peruvian Aprista Party (APRA), proscribed at the time to participate electorally.[2] The party ran under the banner of the People’s Party within the coalition, alongside the Peruvian Communist Party and an array of intellectuals rallying around Bustamante.[3]
Upon Manuel Odría’s successful coup d’état in October 1948 against Bustamante’s presidency, the coalition ceased to exist.[4]
References
edit- ^ Las Joyas de Arequipa (26 March 2020). "José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, el intelectual arequipeño más brillante del Siglo XX". Arequipa Misti Press (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ Iriarte, José Antonio (12 February 2024). "El APRA y su lucha por la libertad, por José Antonio Torres Iriarte". El Reporte (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ Portocarrero, Gonzalo. "Frente Democrático Nacional: Una promesa frustada" (PDF). Repositorio PUCP (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Manuel Arturo Odría: El dictador afortunado". El Comercio (in European Spanish). 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
120 years after his birth, an X-ray of Manuel Odría, one of the most controversial characters in our history.