The Nationalist Union of the People (Spanish

Spanish language

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: Unión Nacionalista del Pueblo, UNP) was a right-wing, pro-military electoral political alliance in Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

.

The UNP was formed in January 1978 by

the Bolivian Socialist Falange

Bolivian Socialist Falange

The Bolivian Socialist Falange was a Bolivian political party established in the year 1937. A right-wing party drawing inspiration from fascism, it was the country's second-largest party between approximately 1954 and 1974...

, FSB (right-wing pro-military faction led by Gastón Moreira Ostria);

the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement, MNR (pro-military faction led by Rubén Julio Castro);

the Authentic Revolutionary Party

Authentic Revolutionary Party

The Authentic Revolutionary Party was a right-wing political party in Bolivia.The Authentic Revolutionary Party was founded in 1959 as a faction of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement , the ruling party under the presidency of Víctor Paz Estenssoro by Wálter Guevara Arze,...

, PRA (pro-military faction led by Jorge Ríos Gamarra);

the Committee of National Unity

Committee of National Unity

The Committee of National Unity was a right-wing self-styled "technocratic" organization of moderate conservative business and government leaders in Bolivia....

, CUN;

the Popular Christian Movement

Popular Christian Movement

The Popular Christian Movement was fouded by General René Barrientos Ortuño in 1966 after the overthrow on 5 November 1964 of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement government of President Víctor Paz Estenssoro by a military coup under the leadership of René Barrientos and General Alfredo Ovando...

, MPC;

the Revolutionary Left Party, PIR;

the Liberal Party

Liberal Party (Bolivia)

The Liberal Party was one of two major political parties in Bolivia in the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. The other was the Conservative Party. The Liberal Party was formally founded in 1883 by Eliodoro Camacho...

, PL;

the Barrientista National Union

Barrientista National Union

The Barrientista National Union was a right-wing "Barrientista" political party in Bolivia.The Barrientista National Union was founded by Rolando Pardo Rojas and Eduardo S...

, UNB;

the Republican Socialist Unity Party

Republican Socialist Unity Party

The Republican Socialist Unity Party was a political party founded on 10 November, 1946 in Bolivia as the fusion of the Republican Socialist Party, the Genuine Republican Party, the United Socialist Party, and the Independent Socialist Party.The PURS was a last-ditch effort of Bolivia's...

, PURS

and the Social Christian Party

Social Christian Party (Bolivia)

The Social Christian Party was a progressive Christian-democratic political party in Bolivia.In 1978 the pro-military group split from the Christian Democratic Party and founded the Social Christian Party...

, PSC.
It presented as its presidential candidate Juan Pereda Asbún

Juan Pereda

Juan Pereda Asbún is a former military general and de facto president of Bolivia . Although he ruled for only four months, his ascent to the presidency marked the beginning of the most unstable period in Bolivian history, with nine presidents in a little over 4 years , in comparison to only one in...

 (independent) and Alfredo Franco Guachalla (MNR), as vice-presidential candidate.