Broad Left Front (Peru)

Broad Left Front (in Spanish: Frente Amplio de Izquierda), often just referred to as Frente Amplio, is a political coalition of leftist parties and movements in Peru. Initially the organization was known as National Coordination of Leftwing and Progressive Parties (Coordinadora Nacional de Izquierda y Partidos Progresistas). It took its current name in November 2005. Constituents of FAI includes:

• New Left Movement (Movimiento Nueva Izquierda)
• Popular Front (Frente Popular)
• Peruvian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Peruano)
• Communist Party of Peru (Partido Comunista del Perú - Patria Roja)
• Worker Peasant Student and Popular Front (Frente Obrero Campesino Estudiantil Popular)
• Revolutionary Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Revolucionario)
• Malpica Committee (Comité Malpica)
• United People Movement (Movimiento Pueblo Unido)
• Nationalist Party of the Andina Communities (Partido Nacionalista de las Comunidades Andinas)
• Popular Democratic Front (Frente Democrático Popular)

FAI nominated Alberto Moreno as its presidential candidate in the elections of 2006.

External links

• Official Site

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