Socialist Left ( es, Izquierda Socialista; IS), officially registered as the Left for a Socialist Option (''Izquierda por una Opción Socialista''), is a

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political party in

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. It was founded in 2006 as a split from the Socialist Workers' Movement. It is the Argentine section of International Workers' Unity – Fourth International. It is one of three parties that make up the

Workers' Left Front The Workers' Left Front – Unity ( es, Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores – Unidad, FIT-U) is an alliance of initially three Trotskyist parties in Argentina formed to fight a number of elections in 2011, announced at a press conference ...

. Members include

Liliana Olivero Maria Liliana Olivero (born 20 January 1956) is a former member of the provincial legislature in Córdoba Province, Argentina. She is a member of the Socialist Left (Argentina). She was elected in 2003, and re-elected in 2007 and 2011, the las ...

, a former deputy in the provincial legislature in

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Angélica Lagunas Angélica Lagunas (born 26 May 1972) was a provincial deputy in Neuquén Province in Argentina. She is a member of Socialist Left (Argentina) and was elected as a candidate of the Workers' Left Front The Workers' Left Front – Unity ( es, Fr ...

, a provincial deputy in

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Mercedes de Mendieta Mercedes de Mendieta (born c. 1989) is an activist in Socialist Left (Argentina). She became a member of the legislature of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires in June 2021. She has been involved in the campaign for legal, free and safe abortio ...

, a deputy in the Autonomous City of

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, and

Graciela Calderón Graciela Calderón is an activist in Socialist Left (Argentina). She was elected as a deputy in the legislature of Buenos Aires Province in 2021, as a candidate of the Workers' Left Front, alongside Guillermo Kane.http://izquierdasocialista.org. ...

, a deputy in

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References

External links

Official website
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