National Falange

The National Falange was a Chilean political party that emerged from a split within the Conservative Party. It was formed in 1938 by young conservatives who sought to create a centrist reform party with a program focused on significant reforms to archaic economic and social structures. In 1957, the National Falange merged with the Social Christian Party, another group that had seceded from the Conservatives, to form the Christian Democratic Party. This new party aimed to weaken the old economic and political oligarchy and address the country's chronic underdevelopment through decisive action in agrarian sectors. The original Falange in Spain, founded in 1933, was an extreme nationalist group influenced by Italian fascism.12