The Broad Front ( es, Frente Grande, FG) is a

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peronist political party in Argentina most prominent in the 1990s. The party is currently part of the ruling Frente de Todos coalition supporting the 2019 Argentine presidential candidate

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during the 2019 Argentine general election.

History

The party was set up by a group of left-wing Justicialist Party members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, most notably Carlos Álvarez, and other left-wingers who were dissatisfied with the

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policies of

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Carlos Menem, including dissident

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led by

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and also figures such as Graciela Fernández Meijide. In 1990, the rebel Justicialists, having formed FredeJuSo, came together with the

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and others in a loose coalition. Álvarez proposed forming a unified party and dissolving the constituent members, thus automatically excluding the Communists, who left. In May 1993 they joined with '' Frente del Sur'', a party set up by film-maker Pino Solanas, to form the ''Frente Grande''. In the 1993 elections, the party's list in the city of

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gained 38% of the vote and several deputies were elected around the country, including Álvarez, Meijide and Solanas. Solanas left the party a short while later over personal differences. In spring 1994, Álvarez led the ''Frente Grande'' into a new alliance, creating 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 ...

(FrePaSo). FrePaSo would continue the success of the ''Frente Grande'' and propel Álvarez to be vice-president of the country. The ''Frente Grande'' continued to be a force in Buenos Aires politics, but has become largely marginalised with the collapse of FrePaSo; its members have largely joined the new Support for an Egalitarian Republic (ARI) party or returned to the Peronists under centre-left Presidents

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and his wife and successor

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. What remained of the Front swung behind the Kirchners' ruling

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. At the 2005 legislative elections, however, some sections of the Front joined the ''

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'' with other left-wing parties in

and Buenos Aires Province. The coalition did badly and lost its existing national representation. In 2007, members of the Front including María José Bongiorno were elected as part of the Front for Victory. Of its leading figures,

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serves as Minister of Defense and party leader Eduardo Sigal is a junior official in the sub-secretariat of American Economic Integration and

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. In 2012, the party had 161,050 members, making it the third largest party nationwide.Estadística de Afiliados, Primer Semestre 2012
, Registro Nacional de Afiliados a los Partidos Políticos, Cámara Nacional Electoral.

Electoral performance

President

References

External links

Official site
1993 establishments in Argentina Communist Party of Argentina Justicialist Party Peronist parties and alliances in Argentina Political parties established in 1993 Social democratic parties in Argentina {{Argentina-party-stub