Wilsonist Current

The Wilsonist Current (Spanish: Correntada Wilsonista) is a social-liberal faction of the National Party of Uruguay.

In 2008, jointly with the Herrerism, the Wilsonist Current created the National Unity, a group that supported the candidature of the former president Luis Alberto Lacalle for the primary elections of June 2009.

Lacalle was beaten in the second round of the presidential election of November 2009 by José Mujica, candidate of the Broad Front (left coalition).

The Wilsonist Current was founded in 2002 by Francisco Gallinal, elected senator in 1999 as part of the Herrerism faction.

In the primary elections of 2004, this tendency supported the candidature of Jorge Larrañaga, that obtained the nomination of the party.