Italian Associations in South America

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The Italian Associations in South America (Associazioni Italiane in Sud America, AISA) is an Italian political party. It is only active with voters living in South America.

The party, which presented itself outside both the centre-left Union and the centre-right House of Freedoms, won one seat in the Chamber of Deputies and one seat in the Senate in the 2006 elections. The party will now be represented in the Senate by Luigi Pallaro and in the Chamber of Deputies by Ricardo Antonio Merlo. In total there are 4 seats allocated to Italians in South America in the Senate, and 6 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

Notably, elected senator Pallaro was at the centre of controversy, as he is the only independent elected member of the Senate in which the winning coalition, The Union, has just two more seats than the House of Freedoms, and he has not formally declared a preference for the one or the other side, although he generally supports the centre-left government of Romano Prodi.

The Union	Olive Tree (Democrats of the Left - Democracy is Freedom) - Communist Refoundation Party Minor: Rose in the Fist (Democratic Socialists - Italian Radicals) - Party of Italian Communists - Italy of Values - Federation of the Greens - Popular–UDEUR Micro: European Republican Movement - Democratic Republicans - Italian Democratic Socialist Party - United Consumers Regional: South Tyrolean People's Party - Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party - Valdotanian Renewal - Southern Democratic Party - Sardinia Project
House of Freedoms	Forza Italia - National Alliance - Union of Christian and Centre Democrats - Northern League Minor: Christian Democracy for the Autonomies - Movement for Autonomy - Pensioners' Party - Tricolour Flame - Social Action Micro: New Italian Socialist Party - Italian Republican Party - Liberal Reformers Regional: Sardinian Reformers - Sardinian People's Party - Sardinian Democratic Union - New Sicily
Others	Micro: Italian Associations in South America - Middle-of-the-Road Italy - Italians in the World Regional: Valdotanian Union - Edelweiss Aosta Valley - Autonomist Federation - Union for South Tyrol - The Libertarians - North-East Project Complete list