Social Christian Unity Party

Social Christian Unity Party Partido Unidad Social Cristiana
President	Juan Carlos Hidalgo
Secretary-General	Ana Cristina Valdelomar
Treasurer	David Rodríguez
Founded	1983
Preceded by	Unity Coalition
Ideology	Christian democracy Liberal conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
Regional affiliation	Christian Democrat Organization of America
International affiliation	International Democracy Union
Colours	Blue and Red
Legislative Assembly	9 / 57
Mayors	15 / 82
Alderpeople	99 / 508
Syndics	95 / 486
District councillors	375 / 1,944
Intendants	1 / 8
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Website
www.unidad.cr
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The Social Christian Unity Party (Spanish: Partido Unidad Social Cristiana) is a centre-right political party in Costa Rica.^[1]

PUSC considers itself a Christian-democratic party and, as such, is a member of the Christian Democrat Organization of America (ODCA). It was founded in 1983 by merger of the parties that were part of the Unity Coalition: the Christian Democratic, the Republican Calderonista, People's Union and the Democratic Renovation Party. Its historical roots are in Calderonism, i.e. the movement of supporters of Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, who was the country's president in the 1940s. From its foundation until 2006, the PUSC was one of Costa Rica's two dominant parties, alongside the National Liberation Party. It provided three presidents: Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier (1990–94), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1998–2002) and Abel Pacheco (2002–06).