The Partido Unión Generaleña (later called Union General) known by its acronym PUGEN was a Costa Rican political party. Originally founded as a local party of the canton of Pérez Zeledón in 1970 (also known as San Isidro del General, and its population as generaleños), it was later able to register nationally and in 1997 it changed its name to Partido Unión General. The president of the party for most of its history was Carlos A. Fernández, who was also its first alderman, then a deputy from the 1994-1998 period and presidential candidate, the first party to nominate a woman as a presidential candidate. lawyer Norma Vargas Duarte in 1994. Disappeared in 2007.
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