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The Liberty Advances ( es, La Libertad Avanza; LA) is a
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to
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originated in the
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with a
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tendency on social and cultural issues, while being
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on economic issues. It contested for the first time in the legislative election of 2021 obtaining the third place with 17% of the votes in the capital. The coalition is led by the economist and national deputy,
Javier Milei Javier Gerardo Milei (born 22 October 1970) is an Argentine politician, businessman and economist currently serving as a federal deputy of Buenos Aires. Milei became widely known for his regular television appearances where he has been critical ...
. After having sealed an agreement with the politician Juan José Gómez Centurión, the candidates Victoria Villarruel and María Fernanda Araujo, among other conservative leaders, joined the alliance.
Javier Milei Javier Gerardo Milei (born 22 October 1970) is an Argentine politician, businessman and economist currently serving as a federal deputy of Buenos Aires. Milei became widely known for his regular television appearances where he has been critical ...
presented himself separately from the
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candidate José Luis Espert, with whom he had previously been linked in the
Avanza Libertad Freedom Advances ( es, Avanza Libertad; AL) is an Argentine centre-right to right-wing political coalition with legal status in the Buenos Aires Province. José Luis Espert finally ran in the legislative elections with his own alliance of righ ...
. The leader of the alliance, Javier Milei, has denied any relationship with the Córdoba electoral front "La Libertad Avanza".


History


Foundation

On July 14, 2021, the alliance was formalized in the
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to participate in the legislative elections of 2021, having Javier Milei and Victoria Villarruel, as the main candidates for national deputies, and Ramiro Marra, as the first candidate for Buenos Aires legislator. The front was formed by the parties:
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(MID), Unite for Freedom and Dignity and Movement of Pensioners and Youth. This is in addition to having the support of parties without legal personality in the district, such as the NOS party, of Juan José Gómez Centurión, or the
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.


Election campaign and primary elections

On August 7, 2021, the front launched its electoral campaign for the
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, with Milei, as the protagonist of the event, in Plaza Holanda,
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City. Who was accompanied by Victoria Villarruel and Ramiro Marra. At the event, he emphasized criticizing "the political caste" and the National Government of
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. On September 5, 2021, the front closed its electoral campaign for the 2021 primary elections in Lezama Park,
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City. The event is estimated to have been attended by at least 25,000 people and focused on criticism mainly in
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and
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. Hours before the event, Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of the
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; in a video call with Milei, he stated that he supported the candidacy of the same.Jair Bolsonaro Jair Messias Bolsonaro (; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who has been the 38th president of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He was elected in 2018 as a member of the Social Liberal Party, which he turn ...
a Javier Milei en medio del escándalo del partido suspendido"> In the 2021 primary elections, the front obtained 242,839 votes for national deputies, 13.90% of the votes, and 238,797 votes, 13.82% of the votes, for Buenos Aires legislators. In this way, the front became the third force in the district, after
Juntos por el Cambio ( en, Together for Change) is a centre-right political coalition in Argentina. It was created in 2015 as Cambiemos ( en, Let's Change), and renamed in 2019. It is composed of Republican Proposal, Radical Civic Union, Civic Coalition ARI and U ...
and the
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.


General election

In the general elections, the coalition obtained 313,808 votes for national deputies, 17.04% of the votes, and 318,978 votes for Buenos Aires legislators, 16.74% of the votes. With these results they obtained 2 national deputies and 5 Porteño legislators. The coalition celebrated the results at the Luna Park Stadium, where one of the custodians threatened to draw his
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at the attempt of one of the spectators to get on stage. According to the electoral campaign financing reports that were submitted after the deadline, the alliance did not obtain private financing and relied exclusively on funds provided by the State. For this reason, doubts arose about the financing of the campaign, which included events with LED screens and sound, as well as rentals such as Luna Park and the Grand View hotel. In that sense, Carlos Maslatón, one of the organizers of the campaign, excused himself by saying that the financing of political campaigns is 98% in black.


National bloc

On April 23, 2022, the coalition held a political event, headed by Javier Milei, in O'Higgins park, Mendoza, promoted by the
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, with which they signed a political agreement as well as with the National Democratic Party. This agreement was put to a vote by the party's national convention on May 28. On May 16, it was confirmed that the Democratic Party of Córdoba would join the coalition structure, and that its referent, Rodolfo Eiben, had intentions of competing for the governorship of the province. On May 24, the central board of the
Democratic Party of Mendoza The Democratic Party is a provincial conservative and liberal party in Mendoza, Argentina. It was founded in 1931. History and principles Since the return of the democracy in 1983, the party has been the third political force in Mendoza, excep ...
, voted in favor of the agreement with the coalition, with 43 votes in favor, 16 against and 2 abstentions. On May 28, the national convention of the National Democratic Party, with 11 votes in favor and 3 against, voted in favor of the agreement with Javier Milei and the coalition for the presidential elections of 2023. On April 29, an agreement was made with the Neighborhood Confederation of Entre Ríos through the Buenos Aires legislator Rebeca Fleitas, a native of that province. After various talks since November 2021, an agreement was sealed between the coalition and Alfredo Avelín (h), president of Cruzada Renovadora, in the province of San Juan during the month of May. In addition, negotiations with the party in the province of
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were confirmed.In the same way, an agreement was signed with
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, by Ricardo Bussi, in the province of Tucumán. A coalition political event in the province was also confirmed for July 23. After four weeks of negotiations, at the end of May, the
Integration and Development Movement The Integration and Development Movement ( es, Movimiento de Integración y Desarrollo, MID) is a developmentalist political party founded by Arturo Frondizi in Argentina. It is member of Juntos por el Cambio. History Background Flying to Caraca ...
reached an agreement with the coalition in the province of Córdoba, joining the district assembly of the same.


Integrated parties


National


Provincial


See also

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Paleolibertarianism Paleolibertarianism (also known as the "Paleo strategy") is a libertarian political activism strategy aimed at uniting libertarians and paleoconservatives. It was developed by American anarcho-capitalist theorists Murray Rothbard and Lew Rockwel ...
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Anarcho-capitalism Anarcho-capitalism (or, colloquially, ancap) is an anti-statist, libertarian, and anti-political philosophy and economic theory that seeks to abolish centralized states in favor of stateless societies with systems of private property enforce ...


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