Amarillos por Chile

Amarillos por Chile (lit. 'Yellows for Chile'), sometimes written Amarillos x Chile (AxCh), is a political movement and party in Chile. It was founded in 2022 by Cristián Warnken and brings together prominent personalities in the country, including businessmen, former parliamentarians, and former politicians from the defunct Concertación coalition, particularly from the Party for Democracy (PPD) and Christian Democratic Party (PDC). The movement emerged as a response to certain proposals of the Constitutional Convention, which it viewed as "refoundational".[4][5]

Yellows for Chile
Amarillos por Chile
AbbreviationAxCh
PresidentCristián Warnken
General SecretarySergio Solis
Vice PresidentsAndrés Jouannet
Pilar Peña
Gonzalo Rojas-May
Lucía Morales
Paola Marín
Fernando Gipoulou[1]
ProsecretaryBernardita Soto
Founded18 February 2022 (2022-02-18)
Split fromParty for Democracy
Christian Democratic Party
HeadquartersSantiago de Chile
IdeologyConcertacionism
Laguism
Liberal conservatism
Political positionCentre to centre-right
Related institutionsFundación Amarillos por Chile[2]
Colours  Yellow
  Blue
Slogan«Reforms and Democracy»
(Spanish: «Reformas y Democracia»)[3]
Chamber of Deputies
1 / 155
Senate
0 / 43
Website
amarillosxchile.cl

History

The movement was born out of columns and letters that Warnken wrote in the radio station Pauta FM and in the newspaper El Mercurio. One such letter, titled "Yellow letter to my children", was published on 27 November 2021. In it, Warnken recounted an incident in Isla Negra where a group of young people yelled "amarillo" and "facho" at him. He drew on the term "amarillo", which had been used in the 1970s to discredit reformists. Patricio Fernández had previously updated the term in a column for The Clinic in July 2018.[6] Warnken's column "Letter to all the yellow bases in the country" was published in Pauta on 6 February 2022, and served as the catalyst for the movement's founding.[7]

On 23 September 2022, Amarillos por Chile presented its founding manifesto as a political party, along with its provisional directive.[8] The first 100 members were also introduced, consisting mainly of former members and politicians from the PPD and PDC.[8] On 21 October 2022, the Electoral Service (Servel) declared the group as "in formation".[9]

References
  1. "Alvear, Burgos, Micco, Cortázar y Jouannet: Los nombres que conforman Amarillos por Chile".
  2. https://www.pauta.cl/politica/cristian-warnken-amarillos-chile-presentara-ante-servel-partido-politico Con Cristián Warnken como presidente, Amarillos por Chile se presentará ante el Servel como partido político
  3. https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2022/09/23/1073694/amarillos-por-chile-partido-politico.html Amarillos por Chile se lanza como partido político y anuncia creación de un centro de estudios: "Aceptamos el desafío"
  4. "Amarillos por Chile: nace un nuevo movimiento y lo encabeza Cristián Warnken". Pauta. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  5. "Cristián Warnken: "Si esta es una Constitución amarilla, vamos a aprobarla con mucho entusiasmo"". Pauta. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  6. Fernández, Patricio (26 July 2018). "Los amarillos". The Clinic. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  7. "Cómo surgió el movimiento "Amarillos por Chile" de Cristián Warnken: desde una funa en Isla Negra a un chat que creció en forma explosiva". Ex-Ante. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  8. "Alvear, Burgos, Micco, Cortázar y Jouannet: Los nombres que conforman Amarillos por Chile". T13. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  9. S, Rodrigo Gómez (21 October 2022). "Amarillos por Chile es declarado por el Servel como "partido político en formación" con Cristián Warnken como presidente". La Tercera. Retrieved 24 October 2022.


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