The National Party: from its origin, dissolution and recess to its discomfort (1966-1983)

Abstract

The article analyzes the development of the national party as a political force, especially the situation after the political recess and self-dissolution in 1973, and how the political activity of its main representatives lived during the partisan recess, which would begin to show discrepancies with the Chilean Military Civic Regime that ruled the country. The research concludes that the National Party,  although it supported the coup, did not commit itself to the main political decisions by being marginalized from the decision-making process. As a consequence, the main figures began to show signs of dissidence between the historical right wing and the groups that emerged under the aegis of the Chilean Military Civic Regime.