The Alliance for Work, Justice and Education (in

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: ''Alianza para el Trabajo, la Justicia y la Educación''), also known as Alliance (in

: ''Alianza'') was a

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...

political coalition in

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around the turn of the third millennium. It was born of the alliance of the Radical Civic Union, the

Front for a Country in Solidarity The Front for a Country in Solidarity ( or ) was a center-left political coalition in Argentina. It was formed in 1994 out of the Broad Front (''Frente Grande''), which had been founded mainly by progressive members of the Peronist Justicialist ...

and a number of smaller provincial parties in 1997. In aftermath of the December 2001 riots, the Alliance soon disintegrated, its members returning to their former parties or finding new ones.

History

The Alliance presented itself as a progressive, moderate

alternative to the neoliberal government of Carlos Menem, with a mandate to end corruption and unemployment. In the 1995 elections, the-then President Carlos Menem was re-elected, reaching 49% of the vote. The opposition had presented itself divided into two great forces, the Front for a Country in Solidarity, an alliance of parties that obtained 29% of the votes, and the Radical Civic Union that obtained 17%. It was evident that together, both forces obtained an adhesion similar to that of the Justicialist Party. The coalition first took part in the 1997 legislative elections in which they emerged victorious against the ruling Justicialist Party. In the 1999 general elections it took

Fernando de la Rúa Fernando de la Rúa (15 September 19379 July 2019) was an Argentine politician and a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) political party who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1999 to 21 December 2001. De la Rúa was born in ...

(UCR) to the

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, together with Carlos Álvarez (FG/FREPASO) as his vice president, defeating, Buenos Aires Governor and former Vice President under Menem

Eduardo Duhalde Eduardo Alberto Duhalde (; born 5 October 1941) is an Argentine Peronist politician who served as the interim President of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003. He also served as Vice President and Governor of Buenos Aires in the 1990s. B ...

of the Justicialist Party. Boleta electoral 1999 - Alianza - De La Rúa-Álvarez

However, De la Rúa soon revealed himself as unable or unwilling to tackle corruption and to revive the Argentine economy, which was in a

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, with innovative measures. In 2000, amid a scandal caused by accusations of bribery involving UCR senators and members of the cabinet, Álvarez resigned from the vice presidency, gravely hurting the unity of the Alliance. In the 2001 legislative elections, the Alliance suffered a large defeat winning only 35 seats of the 127 contested seats in the Chamber of Deputies an only 26 seats out of 70 in the Senate The socio-economic situation worsened, and De la Rúa was forced to resign by the December 2001 riots. The Alliance soon disintegrated, its members returning to their former parties or finding new ones.

History

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