Radical Party (Chile)

...The Communist Party and the Socialist Party were also formed during the 1920s and 1930s. After the Great Depression, this new trend was further accelerated, and in 1938, just before the Second World War, the Popular Front government was formed under the leadership of the Radical Party, a party of capitalists, small and medium landowners, and the middle class, and included the Socialist Party and the Communist Party. The Radical Party held power until 1952, and promoted social reforms with industrialization as its central policy. However, the party's power gradually weakened due to the progression of inflation and the policy of outlawing the Communist Party in 1948, and by the end of the 1950s, the political balance in Chile had changed significantly. ...

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…20年代から30年代にかけて共産党，社会党も結成された。　大恐慌以降この新しい傾向はさらに促進され，第2次大戦直前の38年には，資本家，中小地主，中間層の政党である急進党の主導で，社会党，共産党も参加した人民戦線政権が成立，以後52年まで急進党が政権を掌握し，工業化政策を中軸として，社会改革を進めた。しかし，同党はインフレの進行，1948年の共産党非合法化策などで，しだいに力を弱めていき，50年代末に至ってチリの政治勢力図は大きく変化する。…

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