We are Aysén (Spanish: Somos Aysén, SA) was a Chileanregionalist political party, founded on October 23, 2015. Its main objective is to represent the interests of the inhabitants of the Aysén Region. It was officially recognized by the Electoral Service of Chile between 2016 and 2017, when SA was merged into the Social Green Regionalist Federation.
History
The party was the political heir of the "Defendamos Aysén" movement, which gained notoriety in 2014 by organizing several protests in the Aysén region.[1]
The party was initially to present candidates for the 2016 municipal elections as part of the Democratic Alternative alliance,[2] however it withdrew in July and presented its own list of candidates.[4]
The party was legally recognized by the Electoral Service of Chile and registered in the Aysén Region on June 22, 2016, after the signatures required for its registration were verified and approved. In November of that same year, Senator Antonio Horvath announced his resignation from the party to compete in the 2017 parliamentary elections as an independent supported by the Amplitude party.[5]
Notes:123Numbers denote party membership of Political Coalitions, 1 is for Chile Vamos, 2 is for the Democratic Socialism, 3 is for the Apruebo Dignidad (defunct).