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The '''Unity Coalition''' (''Coalición Unidad'') was a [[Costa Rican]] [[political coalition]] of [[right-wing]] opposition parties made in the 70s and oppose to the then ruling [[centre-left]] [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]]. Four parties made the coalition; Democratic Renewal, Christian Democrats, People’s Union and Republican Calderonista. After a primary election from which [[Rodrigo Carazo Odio]] was victorious the coalition presented him as candidate winning the [[1978 Costa Rican general election|1978 elections]]. Eventually the Coalition merged forming the [[Social Christian Unity Party]] in 1983.<ref name=OSO>{{cite book|last=Booth|first=John A.|title=Political Parties in Costa Rica: Democratic Stability and Party System Change in a Latin American Context|date=January 2008|publisher=Oxford Scholarship Online|location=Oxford|isbn=9780199289653|url=http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199289653.001.0001/acprof-9780199289653-chapter-11|edition=1|author2=yes |editor=Paul Webb and Stephen White|accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref>
The '''Unity Coalition''' (''Coalición Unidad'') was a [[Costa Rican]] [[political coalition]] of [[right-wing]] opposition parties made in the 70s and oppose to the then ruling [[centre-left]] [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]]. Four parties made the coalition; Democratic Renewal, Christian Democrats, People's Union and Republican Calderonista. After a primary election from which [[Rodrigo Carazo Odio]] was victorious the coalition presented him as candidate winning the [[1978 Costa Rican general election|1978 elections]]. Eventually the Coalition merged forming the [[Social Christian Unity Party]] in 1983.<ref name=OSO>{{cite book|last=Booth|first=John A.|title=Political Parties in Costa Rica: Democratic Stability and Party System Change in a Latin American Context|date=January 2008|publisher=Oxford Scholarship Online|location=Oxford|isbn=9780199289653|url=http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199289653.001.0001/acprof-9780199289653-chapter-11|edition=1|author2=yes |editor=Paul Webb and Stephen White|accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref>


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The Unity Coalition (Coalición Unidad) was a Costa Rican political coalition of right-wing opposition parties made in the 70s and oppose to the then ruling centre-left National Liberation Party. Four parties made the coalition; Democratic Renewal, Christian Democrats, People's Union and Republican Calderonista. After a primary election from which Rodrigo Carazo Odio was victorious the coalition presented him as candidate winning the 1978 elections. Eventually the Coalition merged forming the Social Christian Unity Party in 1983.[1]

References

  1. ^ Booth, John A.; yes (January 2008). Paul Webb and Stephen White (ed.). Political Parties in Costa Rica: Democratic Stability and Party System Change in a Latin American Context (1 ed.). Oxford: Oxford Scholarship Online. ISBN 9780199289653. Retrieved 2 April 2014.