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| − | The '''Democratic Unity Roundtable''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: '''Mesa de la Unidad Democrática''', shortened '''MUD''' or '''Unidad''') is an alliance of oppositionists to the [[Venezuela|Venezolan]] [[Nicolás Maduro|Maduro]] government. In contrary to portrayals in mass media, the MUD consists mostly of [[liberal]]s who would e.g. like to legalize [[abortion]] and [[same-sex civil union]]s, thus being more leftist than the Maduro government. | + | The '''Democratic Unity Roundtable''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: '''Mesa de la Unidad Democrática''', shortened '''MUD''' or '''Unidad''') is an alliance of oppositionists to the [[Venezuela|Venezolan]] [[Nicolás Maduro|Maduro]] government. In contrary to portrayals in mass media, the MUD consists mostly of [[liberal]]s who would e.g. like to legalize [[abortion]] and [[same-sex civil union]]s, thus being more leftist than the Maduro government. Out of the 16 parties represented in MUD, only 4 are right-of-center. In the Venezolan parliament, altogether only 4 of 109 MUD MPs are right-of-center. |
[[Category:Liberalism]] | [[Category:Liberalism]] | ||
[[Category:Liberal protests]] | [[Category:Liberal protests]] | ||
Revision as of 12:55, August 12, 2017
The Democratic Unity Roundtable (Spanish: Mesa de la Unidad Democrática, shortened MUD or Unidad) is an alliance of oppositionists to the Venezolan Maduro government. In contrary to portrayals in mass media, the MUD consists mostly of liberals who would e.g. like to legalize abortion and same-sex civil unions, thus being more leftist than the Maduro government. Out of the 16 parties represented in MUD, only 4 are right-of-center. In the Venezolan parliament, altogether only 4 of 109 MUD MPs are right-of-center.