United Left (Peru)

United Left Izquierda Unida
Abbreviation	IU
Leader	Alfonso Barrantes
Founded	1980
Dissolved	1995
Ideology	Socialism Factions: Communism Marxism-Leninism Mariateguism Alvaradism Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism
Political position	Left-wing to Far-left
National affiliation	UDP UIR PCP PSR PCR FOCEP PUM
Politics of Peru Political parties Elections

United Left (in Spanish: Izquierda Unida) was an alliance of leftist political parties in Peru founded in 1980 by Popular Democratic Unity (UDP), Revolutionary Left Union (UNIR), Peruvian Communist Party (PCP), Revolutionary Socialist Party (PSR), Revolutionary Communist Party (PCR) and FOCEP.

In 1984 UDP and a part of PCR converted itself into the Mariateguist Unified Party (PUM). PUM integrated itself in IU.

IU was led by Alfonso Barrantes Lingán (who lost to Alan García in the 1985 elections) up to 1987. In 1989 IU held its first congress. Gradually the IU disintegrated, with more and more groups deserting it. Recoloured versions of their logo by the Moquegua Entrepreneurial Regional Integration Front in 2018, the Popular Democratic Front in Abancay 2006, the Social Affirmation Movement [es] in Cajamarca, the Democratic Left Movement in Lima 2002, New Left Movement, Junín Popular Block Regional Movement in 2022 and the Más San Martín in 2018. The original Go on Country – Social Integration Party also claimed its legacy.^[1]

References

1. Andrea Abanto; José Astete; César Zorrilla. "Avanza País: carril de centro izquierda con rumbo a la derecha". La República. Retrieved 3 September 2024.