Movimiento Libres del Sur
| Movimiento Libres del Sur | |
|---|---|
| Party leader | Humberto Tumini |
| founding | 1987 (as Corriente Patria Libre ), recognized as a party in 1994 |
| Youth organization | Jóvenes de Pie, Movimiento Universitario Sur |
| Alignment | Social democracy , democratic socialism |
| Colours) | blue red |
| Parliament seats | 1 (2011-2013) |
| Number of members | 39,965 (2011) |
Movimiento Libres del Sur is a social democratic Argentine party that emerged in 2006 from the Corriente Patria Libre group and the later founded piquetero organization Barrios de Pie . It has been allied with the Partido Socialista and other center-left parties in the Alliance Frente Amplio Progresista since 2011 .
The party's president is Humberto Tumini . The party had one MP in the Argentine National Congress , Victoria Donda Pérez , in the half-legislative period between 2011 and 2013 .
history
The oldest predecessor organization, the left-wing Corriente Patria Libre party , was founded in 1987. In 1994 it was recognized as a regional party in the province of Corrientes . In 2001 the unemployment organization Barrios de Pie was founded, which cooperated ever more closely with the Patria Libre and in 2006 united with the Movimiento Libres del Sur movement .
In 2007 the party ran for the first time in congressional elections. It integrated the Frente para la Victoria founded by Néstor Kirchner in the province of Buenos Aires and won two seats in Congress. In 2008 Libres del Sur left the Frente para la Victoria and moved closer to other center-left parties such as the Partido Socialista . In 2011 it became part of the Frente Amplio Progresista Alliance. In the 2011 election , the party gained only one seat in Congress; the candidate of the alliance Hermes Binner came second behind Cristina Fernández de Kirchner by a wide margin .
Content profile
The party cites social justice as the most important goal . In economic terms, it strives for a controlled economy in which key industries such as petroleum and gas production are under the control of the state. As a “strong state”, the state should control the economy, intervene in a guiding manner and “protect the weak from the powerful”. The party wants to anchor and expand elements of grassroots democracy in the political system of Argentina at all levels (state, provinces and municipalities). Furthermore, it strives for a comprehensive nature and environmental protection.
Internationally, Libres del Sur is aiming for a merger with other South American countries through the Mercosur alliance . In the current party program, which dates back to shortly after the Argentina crisis , the policies of the US under George W. Bush and his interventions are sharply rejected, and instead striving to join forces with other left-wing governments in South America.
Known members
Humberto Tumini , the party's president (2013), is one of the co-founders of the predecessor organization Corriente Patria Libre and ran for this in 1995 unsuccessfully as a presidential candidate. He was temporarily a political prisoner during the military dictatorship of the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional .
Human rights activist Victoria Donda Pérez has been a member of the party in the National Congress since 2007. Donda Pérez, the daughter of those who disappeared in the military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983, was initially active in the frente para la Victoria and was a driving force behind Libres del Sur's exit from the alliance in 2008. In 2019 she was appointed by President Alberto Fernández (Frente de Todos) to head the National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI).
Victoria Donda (2007)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Membership numbers ( memento of the original from June 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 679 kB) of the nationally recognized parties of Argentina, website of the federal justice system, as of the first half of 2011
- ↑ Programa ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Movimiento Libres del Sur
- ^ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Este es el gabinete de Alberto Fernández | DW | December 09, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019 (European Spanish).
