Democratic Unity Roundtable

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The Democratic Unity Roundtable (Spanish: Mesa de la Unidad Democrática, MUD) is a Venezuelan political party and former catch-all electoral coalition formed in January 2008. Its primary objective was to unify opposition forces against the government of President Hugo Chávez and the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), particularly in preparation for the 2010 parliamentary elections. The coalition succeeded the Coordinadora Democrática, an earlier opposition alliance that dissolved following the failure of the 2004 Venezuelan recall referendum. The MUD initially brought together parties spanning the center-left to center-right of the political spectrum. Its principal components included Democratic Action and Copei, the two parties that dominated Venezuelan politics between 1959 and 1999. Following the 2013 presidential election, Justice First emerged as the largest opposition party within the coalition, and Henrique Capriles became the leader of the opposition. In the 2015...

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