Venezuelan Popular Unity Unidad Popular Venezolana | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Lina Ron |
| Founded | 6 February 2004 |
| Ideology | Bolivarianism Communism[citation needed] Socialism Anti-imperialism Marxism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Great Patriotic Pole |
| Website | |
| upvsucre.es | |
Venezuelan Popular Unity (Unidad Popular Venezolana) is a left-wing political party in Venezuela. It supported president Hugo Chávez and currently supports his successor Nicolás Maduro.[citation needed] It won one seat in the National Assembly in the 2005 Venezuelan parliamentary election. It merged into the United Socialist Party of Venezuela in 2007 but then was reinstated as a party in 2008.[citation needed]