Central American Unionist Party

The Central American Unionist Party (Spanish: Partido Unionista Centroamericano - PUCA) is a center-right Nicaraguan political party.

PUCA was originally established as a cultural grouping advocating 'Central Americanization' in 1904. Renamed the Committee of State in 1944, it began to act as a political party after the Sandanistas gained power in 1979.^[1] PUCA received legal status after the 1984 elections. As of 2006, PUCA is in the Constitutionalist Liberal Party electoral alliance.

References

^ Charles D. Ameringer, Political parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992, p.457

Political parties in Nicaragua

Parliamentary parties	Sandinista National Liberation Front (38) - Constitutionalist Liberal Party (25) - Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (23) - Sandinista Renovation Movement (5)

Other legal parties	Alliance for the Republic - Alternative for Change - Central American Unionist Party - Communist Party of Nicaragua - Christian Democratic Union - Christian Unity Movement - Conservative Party - Ecologist Green Party of Nicaragua - Independent Liberal Party - Independent Liberal Party for National Unity - Marxist-Leninist Popular Action Movement - Nationalist Liberal Party - New Liberal Party - Nicaraguan Party of the Christian Path - Nicaraguan Resistance Party - Nicaraguan Socialist Party - Party for Citizen Action - Popular Conservative Alliance

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