Christian Left Party (Chile)

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The Christian Left Party (Spanish: Izquierda Cristiana) is a young Chilean socialist political party. Founded in 1971, in its early days it was suppressed by the Pinochet dictatorship. It had relevance at it fights citizen against the dictatorship, but it lost relevance on the Chilean Politics, when it returned the democracy.

It currently is a member of the pact "Together We Are Capable of More" (Spanish: Juntos Podemos Más). The Christian Left carried out its second national congress at 2006. In that opportunity, the militants chose Manuel Jacques for president of the Party.

[edit] See also

• Christian left
• Christian socialism

[edit] External links

• Home page (in Spanish)