The Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union (Spanish: Unión Patriótica Antiimperialista, abbreviated UPA) was a political movement in the Dominican Republic.
[2] Prominent members of the nucleus of founders of UPA included Franklin Franco, Fidelio Despradel, Gabriel Imbert and Roberto Santana.
[3] UPA positioned itself as a democratic, revolutionary and anti-imperialist organization, seeking to establish a government independent from U.S. interests and a land reform on basis of 'land to the tiller'.
[3] Ahead of the 1978 general election UPA formed an alliance with the Socialist Bloc (BS), which led to the launching of the United Left (IU).
[1] At the time of the 2004 general election UPA was part of the Unity of the People coalition (along with other left-wing groups), which supported the presidential candidature of Ramón Almanzar.