Revolutionary Union (Peru)

Revolutionary Union (Unión Revolucionaria, UR) was a fascist political party in Peru that lasted from 1931 to 1945.

History
The party was founded in 1931 by Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro and became the governing party that same year. It took part in elections in 1931 and 1945.

In 1933 the leadership was taken over by Luis A. Flores. The party was anti-democratic, supporting fascism, nationalism and populism. Revolutionary Union started its own Blackshirts paramilitary arm as a copy of the Italian group and would also use the Roman salute, similar to the Nazi salute and other fascist groups.

The Union first achieved its political victories in the 1930s. It formed the National Democratic Front coalition beside APRA and the Reformist Democratic Party, resulting in José Luis Bustamante y Rivero becoming president. After losing support in the 1936 Peruvian general election, the party would see its supporters move to the Peruvian Fascist Brotherhood of José de la Riva-Agüero y Osma.

On December 7, 1945, the group's headquarters, located at the Casa Tenaud, was attacked by sympathisers of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, who used incendiary devices and dynamite to attack the building and later made it difficult for firemen to carry out their duties and put out the flames. Consequently, the unsalvageable building was later demolished, being replaced by the 20-storey Anglo–Peruvian building.