United Left (Bolivia)

The United Left (Spanish: Izquierda Unida, abbreviated IU) was a political coalition in Bolivia.

At the time of its founding IU consisted of eight parties, including the Revolutionary Left Movement - Free Bolivia (MIR-BL), the Communist Party of Bolivia (PCB), the Socialist Party-1 (PS-1), the Axis of Patriotic Convergence (ECP), the Movement for Socialist-Unzaguist (MAS-U) and FOM.

The vice presidential candidate of the coalition was Walter Delgadillo, ex-general secretary of the Central Obrera Boliviana trade union confederation.

[5] However, ahead of the 1997 national elections candidates from the Assembly for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (ASP) of Alejo Véliz and Evo Morales were included on the lists of IU.

Four ASP members were elected to the Chamber of Deputies as IU candidates (all from the Chapare province of Cochabamba Department); Evo Morales, Román Loayza Caero, Félix Sanchéz Veizaga and Néstor Guzmán Villarroel.