F.A.A.U. party coalition, Uruguay

Last modified: 2002-10-05 by antonio martins
Keywords: f.a.a.u. | faau | frente amplio | fa |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors

• Presentation
• Alternate flag

• Uruguayan political flags

• F.A.A.U. website
  reported by Dov Gutterman, 25 Mar 1999
• Frente Amplio website
  reported by Dov Gutterman, 14 Jun 1999

Presentation

The Frente Amplio is a leftist coalition formed in Uruguay some 30 years ago. They chose one of the first known Artigas flag as their own emblem and have used it ever since. Obviously when the Frente Amplio followers adopted this flag and design, they were evoking the times of the Patria Vieja, (the Old Fatherland).
Jorge Cajarville, 16 Jun 1999

The flag adopted by Frente Amplio is the Artigas flag hoisted in Montevideo in march 26, 1815. The leftist coalition Frente Amplio had its first public meeting in march 26, 1971. The electoral coalition called Encuentro Progresista was founded in 1994 by the Frente Amplio and other minor left parties, and still exists currently.
Rodolfo Tizzi, 10 Jul 2002

Courrier International 472 (18 November 1999) shows a colour picture of a street demonstration in Montevideo celebrating the victory on 31 October.

• Most flags are horizontal red-blue-white tricolors, in proportion 1:2.
• a white field with an emblem and letterings «...ENTE ... QUIERDA». The second world is probably "IZQUIERDA" (meaning "left")
• a yellow field with a red V, black 77 and «La Ver...»
• the F.A.A.U. flag with a yellow emblem on it, something like an equal sign over a wide A. [possibly "FA" — ed.]

Flag-like design

At the party website there’s an image consisting of such a triband superimposed with a big yellow "FA" vertical digraph which creates a sector from 7 o’clock to 12 o’clock filled with wavy blue stripes on white.
António Martins, 23 Jun 1999

It’s only a copy of a car-sticker made as a propaganda item for the elections of 1994 and 1999.
Rodolfo Tizzi, 10 Jul 2002

Courrier International 472 (18 November 1999) shows a colour picture of a street demonstration in Montevideo celebrating the victory on 31 October. It shows the F.A.A.U. flag with a yellow emblem on it, something like an equal sign over a wide A. [possibly "FA" — ed.]
Ivan Sache, 21 Nov 1999