The Alliance for Chile (Spanish: Alianza por Chile), also known simply as The Alliance (Spanish: La Alianza), was a coalition of right-wing Chilean political parties. The Alliance was replaced in 2009 by the Coalition for Change.
It included the National Renewal (Renovación Nacional, RN) and the Independent Democratic Union (Unión Democrática Independiente, UDI). In the past it has included the regional Party of the South (Partido del Sur) and the Progressive Union of the Centrist Center (Unión de Centro Centro Progresista, UCCP), both of which are now defunct.
Major leaders of the Alliance have included Jovino Novoa (UDI), Pablo Longueira (UDI), Jaime Guzmán (UDI), Joaquín Lavín (UDI), Sebastián Piñera (RN), Lily Pérez (RN), Andrés Allamand (RN), Sergio Onofre (RN), and Sergio Romero (RN).
The Alliance had several names through its history:
- Democracia y Progreso (Democracy and Progress) (1989–1992)
- Participación y Progreso (Participation and Progress) (1992–1993)
- Unión por el Progreso (Union for the Progress) (1993–1996)
- Unión por Chile (Union for Chile) (1996–2000)
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