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Frente Amplio
1971– · Uruguay · Social Democratic · Electoral party · coding confidence high
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
A left coalition that legalised cannabis, abortion and same-sex marriage while running orthodox macroeconomics and losing elections gracefully.
Economic model
Growth with falling inequality, state utilities retained, social spending expansion, investment grade maintained.
Organisation of powers
Among the strongest democratic institutions in the Americas by every comparative index; three peaceful handovers of power.
Reading note
Almost never cited in arguments about the Latin American left, which is itself informative about how examples get chosen.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −05
Coded −5: growth with falling inequality and state utilities retained.
- Comparative datasetPoverty fell from around 40% in 2004 to under 10% by 2014 while investment grade was maintained.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored −08
Coded −8: the most socially liberal legislative record in Latin America.
- Documented act or statuteAbortion legalised in 2012, same-sex marriage in 2013, cannabis regulated in 2013.
AU · Organisation of power · scored −05
Included as a calibration anchor for the strongly dispersed end of the axis.
- Documented act or statuteThree peaceful transfers of power between coalition and opposition since 2005.
- Documented act or statuteA 2009 referendum to annul the amnesty law failed and the result was respected by the governing left.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +02
Coded +2: a small unitary state with strong national institutions.
- Documented act or statutePublic utilities and education are administered nationally.
ID · Rule of membership · scored −06
Coded −6: civic and open, with a residence-based migration regime.
- Documented act or statuteMercosur residence agreements give regional nationals streamlined settlement rights.
CH · Method and tempo · scored −06
Coded −6: entirely constitutional, including when its own positions lost.
- Documented act or statuteAccepted the 2009 referendum result upholding the amnesty law it opposed.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
- New Democratic Party2.4
- Revisionism2.8
- US Democratic Socialism3.3
- New Zealand Labour3.3
- Nordic Social Democracy3.6
- Global Greens3.7
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