The Nationalist Union of the People (Spanish: Unión Nacionalista del Pueblo, UNP) was a right-wing, pro-military electoral political alliance in Bolivia.
The UNP was formed in January 1978 by: Bolivian Socialist Falange, FSB (right-wing pro-military faction led by Gastón Moreira Ostria) Nationalist Revolutionary Movement, MNR (pro-military faction led by Rubén Julio Castro) Authentic Revolutionary Party, PRA (pro-military faction led by Jorge Ríos Gamarra) Committee of National Unity, CUN Popular Christian Movement, MPC Liberal Party, PL Barrientista National Union, UNB Republican Socialist Unity Party, PURS Social Christian Party, PSC.Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. P.139.
It presented as its presidential candidate Juan Pereda Asbún (independent) and Alfredo Franco Guachalla (MNR), as vice-presidential candidate.Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. P.150.
Leaders of the UNP's member parties served in cabinet after Pereda seized power in July 1978. When Pereda dismissed his ministers in favor of a majority military cabinet, the UNP's leaders dissolved the alliance.
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