Broad Front (Costa Rica)

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The Broad Front (Spanish: Frente Amplio, FA) is a Costa Rican left-wing political party that identifies with democratic socialism, social democracy, and environmentalism. Founded in 2004 as a provincial party in San José, it obtained national party status in 2010. According to its statutes, the party advocates democracy, socialism, progressivism, feminism, ecologism, humanism, pacifism, pluralism, and Latin American integration. Since its establishment, the Broad Front has become one of the principal left-wing forces in Costa Rican politics and has maintained continuous representation in the Legislative Assembly since 2006. The party is a member of the São Paulo Forum and is generally associated with the Latin American Pink Tide. Its political platform combines support for democratic institutions and civil liberties with calls for stronger social protections, environmental sustainability, and opposition to neoliberal economic policies.

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