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Christian Democratic Union (Bolivia)

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The Christian Democratic Union (Spanish: Unidad Democrática Cristiana, UDC) was a right-wing Christian-democratic political party in Bolivia. [1]

In January 1979 the right-wing faction split from the Christian Democratic Party and founded the Christian Democratic Union. Led by René Bernal Escalante. [2]

In 1979 the Christian Democratic Union took part in an electoral coalition Popular Alliance for National Integration backing René Bernal Escalante. [3]

In 1985 Christian Democratic Union allied with the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement and its candidate Víctor Paz Estenssoro.

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  1. ^ Political handbook of the world 1981. New York, 1981. P. 89.
  2. ^ Rolando Pereda Torres. Partidos políticos en América Latina. CIEPSAL, 1986. P.105.
  3. ^ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. P.151.